four-core foreshadowing of innovations

English translation: foreshadowing of new possibilities four-core processors

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English term or phrase:four-core foreshadowing of innovations
Selected answer:foreshadowing of new possibilities four-core processors
Entered by: salavat

17:36 Jun 4, 2007
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Computers: Hardware / memory chips
English term or phrase: four-core foreshadowing of innovations
Context:

Delivering a four-core foreshadowing of innovations to come for PC enthusiasts worldwide, ABC today unveiled the upcoming ABC Bluebox™ processor family name and publicly demonstrated the first all-ABC enthusiast platform, codenamed “FANABC.”

I don't really understand the meaning of
"four-core foreshadowing of innovations"...
Anthony Indra
United States
Local time: 11:21
foreshadowing of new possibilities four-core processors
Explanation:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060211-6160.html
Intel to go four-core in early 2007

By Jon Stokes | Published: February 11, 2006 - 12:08PM CT

News reports are hitting the wires that Intel plans to release a four-core processor for two-socket systems in late 2006 or early 2007. The quad-core chip, codenamed Clovertown, will bring lower end systems into the eight-core realm. A later quad-core chip, codenamed Tigerton, is planned for higher-end four-socket systems.
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salavat
Local time: 23:21
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4a four-core PC that gives an idea of future innovations....
Richard Benham
3foreshadowing of new possibilities four-core processors
salavat


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foreshadowing of new possibilities four-core processors


Explanation:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060211-6160.html
Intel to go four-core in early 2007

By Jon Stokes | Published: February 11, 2006 - 12:08PM CT

News reports are hitting the wires that Intel plans to release a four-core processor for two-socket systems in late 2006 or early 2007. The quad-core chip, codenamed Clovertown, will bring lower end systems into the eight-core realm. A later quad-core chip, codenamed Tigerton, is planned for higher-end four-socket systems.

salavat
Local time: 23:21
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Robert Fox: 'foreshadowing' is not a good word to use in this context. 'Preview' or 'foretaste' maybe. Anything to do with 'shadows' usually has a negative context.
25 mins
  -> Thank you Robert! Your comment is correct but 'foreshadowing' not so uncommon in the alike texts.

disagree  Richard Benham: I am afraid this makes even less sense than the original....///Let me put it another way: like your response to my comment, your answser isn't even English.
4 hrs
  -> Sorry, but your variant don't seems to me very convincible//I must agree with you but it was not the point in the last question.
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
a four-core foreshadowing of innovations to come...
a four-core PC that gives an idea of future innovations....


Explanation:
I think your problem is with the grammar.

Here, "four-core" is used as a noun, presumably abbreviating "four-core PC", i.e. one with four processors, and what is being suggested is that this new computer gives an idea of what is to come.

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Note added at 4 hrs (2007-06-04 22:21:30 GMT)
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BTW, "foreshadowing of" here is a solecism (i.e. bad grammar).

Richard Benham
France
Local time: 19:21
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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