New CPUs on the horizon

[SuperSparks]

2,011 pins

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

[jdc2000]

Thanks for the update.

[Train]

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

Can you say overkill.

[SuperSparks]

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

[Train]

I can foresee some serious writing needs done.

Not often I even push a 2 core anymore.