1.2 GHZ Dual Core = 2 x 600MHZ ??

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I'm kind of confused as to how phones don't use the same aspect as computers when it comes to the cores having the same amount of speed on each core. According to a couple articles, which I will post later ( was on droid guy, its late ), the phone comes with 2 600MHZ processors on 1 chip, making it a 1.2 GHZ dual core? From my understanding, this is NOT correct. I don't take my Q6600 say it has 2.4GHZ on each core and multiply that by 4 to get the correct speed of the chip and have a godly 9.6GHZ. It remains 2.4GHZ for each core. Can anyone explain why this is different or not true with the upcoming dual core phones?

Here is one link saying 2 600MHZ cores:
http://thedroidguy.com/2011/03/hands...-3d-on-sprint/

Originally Posted by heathmcabee

I'm kind of confused as to how phones don't use the same aspect as computers when it comes to the cores having the same amount of speed on each core. According to a couple articles, which I will post later ( was on droid guy, its late ), the phone comes with 2 600MHZ processors on 1 chip, making it a 1.2 GHZ dual core? From my understanding, this is not correct. I don't take my Q6600 say it has 2.4GHZ on each core and multiply that by 4 to get the correct speed of the chip and have a godly 9.6GHZ. It remains 2.4GHZ for each core. Can anyone explain why this is different or not true with the upcoming dual core phones?

Here is one link saying 2 600MHZ cores:
http://thedroidguy.com/2011/03/hands...-3d-on-sprint/

Uhhmm..NO. To my understanding, it's 1.2GHz per core.

Originally Posted by redlinux

Uhhmm..NO. To my understanding, it's 1.2GHz per core.

Yeah there was a hands on video where a Rep said it was 1.2ghz per core. Think it was the Androidcentral one. Can't remember.

this phone is going to fly.

I ASKED QUALCOMM and told me it is 1.2 per core

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It's rated at how high each core is capable of going. It doesn't measure how much they are combined.

Google search, my friends, is a valuable tool.

Umm it's 1.2 ghz each core.

Originally Posted by AbsolutZeroGI

It's rated at how high each core is capable of going. It doesn't measure how much they are combined.

Google search, my friends, is a valuable tool.

Yeah, I'm sorry for asking this, I did try and find a viable answer to what they were talking about, but my google searches must have not been very detailed enough to get a specific answer. Thanks for the reply.

The SPEED of the core processing is not a cumulative effect...

1.2 ghz is just that. 1.2 million/million instructions per cycle!

A PROCESSOR performs a simple binary function which is to operate a switch which will be either on or off, or a 1 or a zero. The processor is measured in how many transistors it has which can perform that on/off in how many times per second, hence it's speed. Overall, they keep making chips smaller and quicker, allowing the compact placement of now 2 processors or cores within the space of a single chip. The DUAL core represents that their are TWO distinctive operations per cycle, within ONE chip. So now you have twice the computations being performed in the same cycle. Meaning the single processing chip can handle 1.2 million/million switches (transistors = on/off = binary - 1/0) per cycle then times that by two. A very powerful leap over a single core chip.

Not half that x2 to make one...

Lol... maybe a bad translation, but one I hope might help clarify what the chip is doing.


Regards!

1.2ghz per core.

if you find a device that has dual 600mhz processors in it why would you ever even consider buying it? no offense. sprint would go under if that is what they released as their evo3d.ive known these specs for over 3 weeks now @google/skynet is your friend.