80 cores on a single processor

Darius Chang | Sep 27, 2006

If things go according to Intel's plan, five years from now people will look back and scoff at mere dual-core processors as they cradle their 80-core chips.

The chip giant has built a prototype of a processor with 80 cores that can perform a trillion floating-point operations per second which was showcased at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco yesterday. With this monster of a chip, the subsequent announcement of the high-end quad-core Core 2 Extreme is almost a letdown. But with a release date in November, only those with the patience of a Zen master would wait for the 80-core component which is slated to go commercial in five years. Mainstream Core 2 Quad should be released some time in the first quarter of 2007.

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JohnThompson

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JohnThompson says...
As with most Intel claims on multi processors, I'll believe it when I see it. 80 cores on a machine is a great concept, one that isn't new. Mainframes have did multi CPU decades ago. What is Intel brining to computing that the mainframe hasn't already? For that matter, are they learning from what the mainframe industry went through?

Sep 28, 2006 02:04