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Dual CPU with slow bus/RAM or Single CPU with fast bus/RAM?

I'm trying to decide which hardware to get for me next box. This box will be running Distributed Computing in the background but it is not being bought for the sole purpose of DC. It will be my main ...
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Prototype 36-core CPU uses miniature ‘Internet-like network’ as a communication bus between cores

While the number of cores on a central processing unit (CPU) are often synonymous with processing capacity, one cannot simply increase the number of processing units and call it a day. Scalable ...
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more ram or faster bus/cpu speed?

Okay so I just got a stick of 128MB PC133 SDRAM for my old AMD K6-2 350 based system. I used to run with 64MB PC100 3.5x112 for 392MHz. Just for grins, I decided to pull out that stick and put in the ...
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STD Bus SBC has fast, low-power LX800 CPU

The LPM-LX800-G STD Bus single-board computer and AMD LX800 CPU and provides an upward performance migration path and a continued source of supply for STD Bus SBCs. The card can have up to 1 Gbyte of ...