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Title: Hardware News - Intel: New 48-core cloud CPU
Post by: va!n on December 03, 2009

Intel has showed their new single core chip "cloud computer" features 48 cores! O.O More infos are available here:

English: http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/12/02/intel.48.core.chip.advances.terascale.project/ (http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/12/02/intel.48.core.chip.advances.terascale.project/)

Photo: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Intel-stellt-Single-Chip-Cloud-Computer-vor-875109.html?view=zoom;zoom=1 (http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Intel-stellt-Single-Chip-Cloud-Computer-vor-875109.html?view=zoom;zoom=1)

Title: Re: Hardware News - Intel: New 48-core cloud CPU
Post by: combatking0 on December 04, 2009

Looks like all those cores built so close together needs a serious cooling system.

(looks at the spec)

That's a lot lower than I expected - peak power consumption of 125W!

If that turned up in a Mac, would that make them Apple cores?