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Title: Intel Shows 48-Core Processor for Research
Post by: sam on December 03, 2009, 02:09: Quote
Intel’s six- and eight-core processors are the fastest chips that consumers can get their hands on. But if you are among the research elite, the company has a new experimental chip that can offer nearly 20 times the computing power.

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/12/intel-48-core-processor/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+(Wired%3A+Index+3+(Top+Stories+2))
Title: Re: Intel Shows 48-Core Processor for Research
Post by: Rik on December 03, 2009, 09:02: I wonder if Simon will buy me one for Xmas? :devil:
Title: Re: Intel Shows 48-Core Processor for Research
Post by: sam on December 03, 2009, 14:16: Quote from: Rik on December 03, 2009, 09:02
I wonder if Simon will buy me one for Xmas? :devil:

nah, he's cheap.
Title: Re: Intel Shows 48-Core Processor for Research
Post by: Rik on December 03, 2009, 15:45: Oh good, I'll send him a tangerine. :)
Title: Re: Intel Shows 48-Core Processor for Research
Post by: Clive on December 03, 2009, 19:28: I remember those days! A Christmas stocking filled with tangerines, nuts and parnsnips. Wait -what? ::)
Title: Re: Intel Shows 48-Core Processor for Research
Post by: Simon on December 03, 2009, 21:33: Quote from: Rik on December 03, 2009, 15:45
Oh good, I'll send him a tangerine. :)

Damn! I thought I was getting a Mac! ;D
Title: Re: Intel Shows 48-Core Processor for Research
Post by: sam on December 04, 2009, 00:59: Quote from: Simon on December 03, 2009, 21:33
Damn! I thought I was getting a Mac! ;D

like Columbos?
Title: Re: Intel Shows 48-Core Processor for Research
Post by: Simon on December 04, 2009, 01:06: You've lost me there. ;D
Title: Re: Intel Shows 48-Core Processor for Research
Post by: sam on December 04, 2009, 01:17: http://www.tvacres.com/images/columbo1.jpg
Title: Re: Intel Shows 48-Core Processor for Research
Post by: Clive on December 04, 2009, 08:07: It is forbidden. ;D
Title: Re: Intel Shows 48-Core Processor for Research
Post by: Rik on December 04, 2009, 12:39: Quote from: Simon on December 04, 2009, 01:06
You've lost me there. ;D

TV detective, grubby mac... ;)
Title: Re: Intel Shows 48-Core Processor for Research
Post by: Simon on December 04, 2009, 15:08: :sigh: ;D