ARM Unveils One-chip SMP Multiprocessor Core

An anonymous reader writes "ARM Ltd. will unveil a unique multi-processor core technology, capable of up to 4-way cache coherent symmetric multi-processing (SMP) running Linux, this week at the Embedded Processor Forum in San Jose, Calif.. The "synthesizable multiprocessor" core -- a first for ARM -- is the result of a partnership with NEC Electronics announced last October, and is based on ARM's ARMv6 architecture. ARM says its new "MPCore" multiprocessor core can be configured to contain between one and four processors delivering up to 2600 Dhrystone MIPS of aggregate performance, based on clock rates between 335 and 550 MHz."

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Re:Hype

[cnf]

Have you never heard of Multi threading?
On a WorkStation, I would agree with you, but on any server with thread optimised applications, more threads = more power...

Once again, People think WorkStation, for things not designed for the WorkStation market

Re:Hype

[pe1rxq]

A lower core clock can save you a lot... bot financial and in energy. Raising the clock rate on a chip will increase its energy usage exponentially.
If the problems you want to solve are parallel enough why not?

Jeroen