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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 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...

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

      ...in the nick of time.

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  2. 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.

  3. 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!

  4. 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.