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Intel’s 48-core processor – the new frontier

14:38:57 December 8th, 2009 No comments

Intel just released its new 48-core x86 processor on Dec, 2. Though not being the first to unveil a super multicore chip while Tilera already offers 32- and 64-core general-purpose processors (albeit non-x86) and previewed a 100-core version in October, Intel’s new processor is intended to totally research aims.
This new chip consists of 1.3 billion [...]