IBM launches eight-core Power7 processor, servers

On Monday IBM introduced its latest Power7 processor, which adds more cores and improved multithreading capabilities to boost the performance of servers requiring high up time.

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[Larz1000000]

That's one beast of a processor.

[metalmanga]

imagine using this as a home computer :P 96 x 8cores @ 4.2ghz xD windows would boot in 1sec

[senateboy0909]

I need this to play games

[PBJsandwich100]

It'll be nice for this to be implemented on the Wii U.

[iqon97]

@4LP1N3ST4RS but you don't have over 100 cores at over 4ghz

[iqon97]

Makes intel core i7 look like something from AMD

[4LP1N3ST4RS]

@metalmanga i overclocked my i7 980x extreme black edition to 4.5 ghz

[Marcham89]

So when do I get one of these in my ThinkPad? ^_^

[Vice81]

it'd be great if this was in project cafe(nintendo's next console)

[anonix27]

@metalmanga

You would have to emulate x86 in order to do that and I don't think even with that amount of cores an emulated system would boot in a second

[GranKnight87]

PlayStation 4?

[macmini661]

I bet the one that disliked was an intel employee