Intel Pledges 80 Core Processor in 5 Years

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday September 26, 2006 @08:16AM from the thinking-of-the-gaming dept.

ZonkerWilliam writes "Intel has developed an 80 core processor with claims 'that can perform a trillion floating point operations per second.'" From the article: "CEO Paul Otellini held up a silicon wafer with the prototype chips before several thousand attendees at the Intel Developer Forum here on Tuesday. The chips are capable of exchanging data at a terabyte a second, Otellini said during a keynote speech. The company hopes to have these chips ready for commercial production within a five-year window."

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You hear that splashing sound? by Quaoar · 2006-09-26 08:35 · Score: 0, Flamebait

That's the sound of 5 million geeks ejaculating simultaneously...

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Re:Not enough demand by purpledinoz · 2006-09-26 08:50 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Wasn't it Bill Gates that said 640KB of memory ought to be enough? Provided that the cost is reasonable, people will find a way to use the increasing amounts of computing power.