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Altera_Forum
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17 years ago

new intel processor - worth to upgrade?

Hi all, do you have anyone experience with the new i7 processor from intel? I want to upgrade my machine to get Quartus compile times little bit shorter. The i7 is pretty expensive, so I would like t...
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17 years ago

Exactly.

Some projects use more than 1 core but i have never seen a value of 2 or more if more than 2 cores available.

as 2 cores is normal these days, then go for maximum clock speed you can get.