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Linux May Need a Rewrite Beyond 48 Cores
An anonymous reader writes "There is interesting new research coming out of MIT which suggests current operating systems are struggling with the addition of more cores to the CPU. It appears that the problem, which affects the available memory in a chip when multiple cores are working on the same chunks of data, is getting worse and may be hitting a peak somewhere in the neighborhood of 48 cores, when entirely new operating systems will be needed, the report says. Luckily, we aren't anywhere near 48 cores and there is some time left to come up with a new Linux (Windows?)."
They have an one-off error in their math, it's actually 9 times a 6 core CPU. So, at 42 cores a rewrite is needed.
What does "(Windows?)" even mean?
I read that as saying "Windows is the new Linux!". Clearly the submitter is trying to incite violence in the Slashdot community.
Take it to the limit, everybody to the limit, come on, everybody fhqwhgads.
I'm still waiting for Windows to work well on ONE.
(But a non-proprietary NVIDIA driver will still not play your Flash movies smoothly. :P)
Lets drive the greenhorn OUT! No filthy high UID's with their spelling and gramar and solid well researched non-sensationlist writing. I want my editors to rape the language (bonus points if it is several languages at once) and sent my heart racing by raising my bile and fear of the unknown and known.
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