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Intel Talks 1000-Core Processors

Posted by samzenpus on from the we're-gonna-need-a-bigger-heat-sink dept.

angry tapir writes "An experimental Intel chip shows the feasibility of building processors with 1,000 cores, an Intel researcher has asserted. The architecture for the Intel 48-core Single Chip Cloud Computer processor is 'arbitrarily scalable,' according to Timothy Mattson. 'This is an architecture that could, in principle, scale to 1,000 cores,' he said. 'I can just keep adding, adding, adding cores.'"

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  1. Jeez... by Joe+Snipe · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hope he never works for Gillette.

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    1. Re:Jeez... by Monkey-Man2000 · · Score: 3, Funny

      I hope he never works for Gillette.

      Obligatory Onion

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    2. Re:Jeez... by monkeySauce · · Score: 3, Funny

      Other way around; he used to work for Gillette. He left after they cancelled his 1000-blade razor project.

    3. Re:Jeez... by Slashcrunch · · Score: 4, Funny

      Other way around; he used to work for Gillette. He left after they cancelled his 1000-blade razor project.

      Yes, I also heard about the 1000-blade project getting cut...

    4. Re:Jeez... by Bill+Dog · · Score: 4, Funny

      ...in the nick of time.

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  2. Obligatory XKCD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    http://xkcd.com/619/

  3. Bring out your Memes! by SixDimensionalArray · · Score: 4, Funny

    Imagine a Beowulf cluster of th^H^H^H

    Ah, forget it, the darn thing practically is one already! :/

    "Imagine exactly ONE of those" just doesn't sound the same.

    1. Re:Bring out your Memes! by rrohbeck · · Score: 3, Funny

      I've said it for years: 640K cores ought to be enough for anybody.

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  4. You wanna impress me? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Make a processor with four asses.

  5. 1000 cores is easy! by Jason+Kimball · · Score: 5, Funny

    1000 cores on a chip isn't too bad. I already have one with 110 cores.

    That's only 10 more cores!

    1. Re:1000 cores is easy! by prider · · Score: 2, Funny

      Only 10 types of people caught that..

    2. Re:1000 cores is easy! by roman_mir · · Score: 3, Funny

      That has got to be the funniest thing I've read here in a month.

      - jesus, that must have been one sad month.

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  6. Re:Temperature? by TapeCutter · · Score: 2, Funny

    1.3 billion transitors!!! When I was a kid we had 9 and you could open the box and count 'em.

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  7. In the near future... by rebelwarlock · · Score: 4, Funny

    I will need to buy a pair of sunglasses, and crush them when I find that the new Intel processor has over 9000 cores.

  8. Re:Imagine by PingPongBoy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why would you care to see one on your desktop? Do you have any use for one?

    You got that right. I've never used more than 639 K of RAM either.

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  9. Re:1000 cores is nothing by pitchpipe · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes, an while we are at it gat a working EMH/ECH(star-trek voyager) and a mobuile emitor :)

    Or a working spell check program ;-)

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  10. Re:does it run Linux - yea but it is "boring" by Zed+Pobre · · Score: 2, Funny

    Most common workloads are already seeing

    What? Tell me. WHAT ARE THEY SEEING?

    ... problems with data truncation.

  11. Re:Imagine by Vegemeister · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dammit dude. Blow the dust out of your case.