Wednesday, November 19, 2008

"Just When We Got Cozy with Quad Core..."

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Dell brings up the 80-core chip
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Link: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10101987-64.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
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Yesterday, Michael Dell, at SC08, in a conference in Austin Texas on high-performance computing, he talked about a fast track toward 80 cores "Real-Soon-Now".

Upcoming...

Intel's Dunnington processor will have 6 cores, Sun Microsystem's "Rock" processor will have 16 cores, while the Larrabee graphics chip may soon reach 32 cores.

It boggles the mind.

Wingman.
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Also on CNET: YANG'S Travails
Yahoo's CEO Steps Down.

Link: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10100739-93.html?tag=rtcol;newsNow
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