Intel to Ship Experimental Chips With 48 Cores

[Sabre]

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Intel's been testing an experimental 48-core CPU for some time, and it is now preparing to ship some of those to researchers by the end of the second quarter, according to IDG News Service. The chip will primarily be sent to academic institutions, but certain special features the chip could eventually find their way into commercial offerings.

Too bad most mainstream stuff can't take advantage of it

[complacent]

I can't imagine needing that much oontz...

[Sabre]

I can't imagine needing that much oontz...

Ya, but it's worth eleventy billion nerd points!

I just built a new machine

Same here, what processor did you use?

The new 8 core Xeon.... ya, you don't need a server proc in a desktop, but I wanted to have the best. How about you?

The new 48 core processor

[complacent]

[Raven]

That is one sad banana.