48 Cores :)

[Judderman]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8392392.stm

Think i could about manage with a 48 core processor lol

 

[zak4994]

I think this is not for the general public regardless of whether they attempt to mass produce it. Would seem to be a good replacement for Xeons though for servers and supercomputers.

 

[Judderman]

I think this is not for the general public regardless of whether they attempt to mass produce it. Would seem to be a good replacement for Xeons though for servers and supercomputers.

I know doesnt stop me wanting a 48 core cpu thou lol!

 

[Rastalovich]

Don't know that 48 cores, even when they arrive, will be up to todays proper supercomputers.

Intel and AMD don't exactly lead the market in supercomputing atm.

 

[zak4994]

I was just speaking generally.

The real super computers and stuff have their epic processors but what kind of company wouldn't want their own mini super computer?

lol

 

[Zoot]

Intel were touting an 80 core processor a while back, Windows wasn't able to run stable on it as far as I remember, I think Linux did though.

Intel and AMD don't exactly lead the market in supercomputing atm.

Not really no, a lot of the top super computers actually are PowerPC based.

 

[alexhull24]

I think with the way the OS and programs are coded for us home users, 48 cores would be totally useless. I guess there's a good application for them in servers but not a lot else. I definitely expect to see a massive change in CPU architecture before we have ones with loads of cores in our PCs. Perhaps they will work in a similar way though.

 

[Rastalovich]

Not really no, a lot of the top super computers actually are PowerPC based.

Been a long time since I've read up on it, but isn't that a PPC 'based' IBM/Motorola offering ?

 

[Zoot]

Been a long time since I've read up on it, but isn't that a PPC 'based' IBM/Motorola offering ?

Not sure now to be honest, remember reading an article not so long ago, and I think 3/4 in the top ten were PowerPC based.

 

[Rastalovich]

It was a sad day for world tech when the pump of mhz the Intel way took over mainstream computing. PPC was definitely a favorite of mine, following the 68k series.

Cash > tech as usual.

 

[Zoot]

Cash > tech as usual.

got it in one. Blame Capitalism for that.