Intel tests chip design with 80-core processor

Following their march from standard processors to dual-core and quad-core designs in 2006, Intel Corp. researchers have built an 80-core chip that performs more than a trillion floating-point operations per second (TFLOPS) while using less electricity than a modern desktop PC chip.

First described by Intel executives at a September trade show, the chip fits 80 cores onto a 275-square-millimeter, fingernail-size chip and draws only 62 watts of power -- less than many modern desktop chips.

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[confusioncaption]

how come this chip isn't released yet? how come they released the i7 instead?

[computerworld]

@confusioncaption They gave it a five-year window to commercial availability... they still have nine months left!

[Beerolino82]

And now show us the motherboard with its socket.....

[TheMaristBoy]

Hopefully, pinball wont lag >.<

[somegamer1879]

Crazy power. "Transcendent Man" movie shows the logical future of processors and computers 20 - 30 years from now.

[PompousPreacher]

I'm off to go watch the video from 2010 where Intel excitedly announces the creation of the world's first 48-core processor.

[Emk4630]

it only costs 3,000,000,000

[DancesWithSmurf]

but will it run solitaire?

[77guacamole]

I can finally play pong!!!

[SgtPiggie]

@confusioncaption

Because they know it will become self-aware, and then revolt against its creators.

[JulianC1769]

@confusioncaption If you look at the date, it says Aug 7, 2007. Intel now made a new processor called Knight's Corner. The Knight's Corner is the official chip that processes a Teraflop.

[DarkAAProductions]

they just released to the public today saying that they made a 50 core chip running over 1 teraflop and it's the same size as an i7

[DarkAAProductions]

@confusioncaption if you havn't heard they have just realeased to the public that they have made a 50 core chip that is the same size as the i7 chipset