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Windows 7 Scalable Enough To Support 256 Cores

Dave Altavilla writes:

"Though obviously Microsoft has taken a fair amount of heat regarding Windows Vista, there's probably a directly proportional level of hype on their next mainstream OS, Windows 7. Projected by some to be the OS that Vista should have been, and still by others to be nothing more than Vista on steroids (perhaps just a six-pack of Red Bull, depending on who you talk to); there's plenty of rumor, gossip, leaked and public information to go around to keep your mind off your troubled Vista installation that just crashed again for the eleventh time today. However, when it comes to unreleased OS information, we like to spend our bandwidth listening to trusted sources close to the development of the product, rather than buzz around in hear-say land."

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FBl6425d ago

I doubt it has enough juice to support the CELL processor

DevastationEve6424d ago (Edited 6424d ago )

oh...isn't cellbe an IBM processor? let's make this a game of "where's waldo"

how many PCs out there ship with an IBM proc?

"OH! There He Is!"

http://technology360.typepa...

BTW, he's not in the pic. unless his back is towards us?

pwnsause6424d ago (Edited 6424d ago )

the fact of the matter is the Cell is very powerful despite being an IBM processor, other than that, its very exciting to hear that Windows 7 could support 256 cores

uie4rhig6424d ago

it may be an IBM CPU.. but it works on a 128-bit architecture.. and Windows may have a 64-bit version, but many, MANY applications don't run on 64-bit version... let alone that there is NO WAY for the kernel to run on a 128-bit CPU (unless of course its re-engineered, and recompile and all)..

@pwnsause
as someone in the open zone said.. linux supports up to 4096 cores..

sniper45346424d ago

ummm lol dude u make no sense with ur stupid coments lol

robotnik6424d ago

that avatar made me lol@work

DevastationEve6424d ago

how shrek! the task manager must be hard to read:P

anyway, i hope things go smooth with se7en. i hope it will be an easy migration from vista too.

uie4rhig6424d ago

lol linux has always been superior to Windows in most, if not all, ways.. the only thing that doesn't make people use Linux is because of the limited application support, but eventually companies have to support linux coz of the increasing market share of linux :)

Bob Dole6424d ago

Too bad you can't buy any new games on Linux.

pp6424d ago

Cell processor is useless even the next ps4 won't have a cell processor.

SonySoldierEternaL6424d ago

your brain needs a cell processor!

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai37d ago (Edited 37d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio37d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing37d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster9237d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit37d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing37d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster9237d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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Report: Injustice 3 in Development at NetherRealm Studios

Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.

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Spiders Studio, Developers of GreedFall: The Dying World, Announce Liquidation of the Company

Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.

What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.

We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.

If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."