100-Core Tilera TILE-Gx Processors Planned For 2011
While Intel and AMD look to make a complete jump to 8-cores, Tilera (an MIT start-up) says its upcoming 100-core chip has “at least four times the compute performance of an Intel Nehalem-Ex, while burning a third of the power”.
The 40-nanometre TILE-Gx will reportedly draw about 55 watts of power at full load, and though it’s expected to cost between $US400 and $US1000 (depending on volume), it’s more intended for use on Linux-based enterprise Web servers.
According to Wired, the chip isn’t really geared for regular operating systems such as Windows 7 — for that, you’ll have to wait for Intel’s 80-core processor which was demonstrated last year and is expected in about five years. [Tilera via Wired]
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And stuff also needs to be recompiled before it can be used on these processors.
And we’ve had 100+ core processing units for over a year now… Lastest AMD GPU, 5870, has 1600 (unless I’m wrong, then fix it. My old 9800GT still has 112 cores…)
Now if they made a CPU that was compatible with everything already, then maybe it would be better…