New CPUs on the horizon

2,011 pins :eek:

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/...n-cpu-rollouts

Thanks for the update.

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AMD Inter***** Bulldozer 12 to 16 core - in reality 6 - 8 "double integer, single floating-point" core blocks - high end G34 socket

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Can you say overkill.

Massively multicore is definitely the new "clockspeed race", so there is no doubt how it's going to go in the future. Overkill right at the moment for sure (my 4-core Hyperthreaded Core i7 is never stretched by anything I throw at it), but I think that when the programming tools catch up, then there could be a lot to be said for going massively multicore.

Of course, before massively parallel computing really becomes mainstream, there is the small matter of sorting out these little problems:

Race condition

Deadlock

I can foresee some serious writing needs done.

Not often I even push a 2 core anymore.