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SETI SUCKS Send message Joined: 2 Dec 09 Posts: 9 Credit: 20,534 RAC: 0	Message 951977 - Posted: 3 Dec 2009, 16:03:52 UTC
	Life is good. This is based on Intel's X86 architecture: Intel unveils 48-core cloud chip AHHHOOOOOOOOOOOUUU!
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skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 8970 Credit: 37,790,371 RAC: 42,925	Message 951978 - Posted: 3 Dec 2009, 16:08:31 UTC - in response to Message 951977.
	I imagine thats a few decades down the road from actual production ____________ Proud member of TSWB. End terrorism by building a school
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SETI SUCKS Send message Joined: 2 Dec 09 Posts: 9 Credit: 20,534 RAC: 0	Message 951982 - Posted: 3 Dec 2009, 16:28:24 UTC - in response to Message 951978. Last modified: 3 Dec 2009, 16:49:08 UTC
	I imagine thats a few decades down the road from actual production Sorry Skildude: Intel said the SCC would be made officially available during the first half of 2010. More details will be released at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference in San Francisco on 8 February, 2010. There's a video here http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/2009/20091202comp_sm.htm on the Intel site. The develoment was done at Intel labs in USA, Germany and India. Microsoft said it had already put SCC into its development pipeline. I'm hoping to see it in PCs by late 2011. Glass half full - not half empty :-)
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skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 8970 Credit: 37,790,371 RAC: 42,925	Message 951986 - Posted: 3 Dec 2009, 16:50:42 UTC - in response to Message 951982.
	I bet its going to be used for high end servers. they also didnt mention any core speeds. I have to assume they are going to start at a fairly low Ghz and eventually work their way up from there. still 48 and eventually 80 cores will be nice. I wonder if AMD is going to have anything to compete with this. Since they already have ATI and now dominate powerwise the GPU market. ____________ Proud member of TSWB. End terrorism by building a school
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hiamps Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 4292 Credit: 72,931,421 RAC: 7,848	Message 951991 - Posted: 3 Dec 2009, 17:00:54 UTC - in response to Message 951986.
	. I wonder if AMD is going to have anything to compete with this. Since they already have ATI and now dominate powerwise the GPU market. Just think how many more top cards they would sell if they helped the Lunatics get their cards working on Seti. I would have bought 2 already. ____________ Official Abuser of Boinc Buttons... And no good credit hound!
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msattler Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 34711 Credit: 355,087,297 RAC: 381,936	Message 951994 - Posted: 3 Dec 2009, 17:06:20 UTC
	The kitties would like to play in the clouds............. But I suspect this will be out of the price range of us mere mortals for some time to come. But what an advance in technology! Meow! ____________ ****** "Ask not, what your kitty can do for you. Ask what you can do for your kitty." As it is kitten, so shall it be done.
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Mamluk Send message Joined: 10 Sep 09 Posts: 80 Credit: 2,448,048 RAC: 0	Message 952055 - Posted: 3 Dec 2009, 19:26:19 UTC
	Tilera will be releasing a 100 core CPU early next year. Unfortunately not on x86 platform and won't run windowz. Apparently x86 programs will just require a recompile to work. Overall computing power expected to be 4 times that of the i7 975XE, using just 45 watts. It would be exciting to have a 3rd mainstream CPU manufacturer.
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Frosted Send message Joined: 11 Jul 99 Posts: 83 Credit: 3,898,641 RAC: 0	Message 952060 - Posted: 3 Dec 2009, 19:50:11 UTC - in response to Message 952055.
	It would be exciting to have a 3rd mainstream CPU manufacturer. Skynet? ____________
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Mamluk Send message Joined: 10 Sep 09 Posts: 80 Credit: 2,448,048 RAC: 0	Message 952062 - Posted: 3 Dec 2009, 19:54:54 UTC - in response to Message 952060.
	It would be exciting to have a 3rd mainstream CPU manufacturer. Skynet? Skynet might just be a bit too exciting...
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[KWSN]John Galt 007 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Nov 99 Posts: 2439 Credit: 16,594,037 RAC: 0	Message 952083 - Posted: 3 Dec 2009, 21:54:10 UTC - in response to Message 951991.
	. I wonder if AMD is going to have anything to compete with this. Since they already have ATI and now dominate powerwise the GPU market. Just think how many more top cards they would sell if they helped the Lunatics get their cards working on Seti. I would have bought 2 already. They don't need to...just look at what Collatz and MilkyWay have done for ATI sales.... ____________ Clk2HlpSetiCty:::PayIt4ward
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hiamps Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 4292 Credit: 72,931,421 RAC: 7,848	Message 952106 - Posted: 3 Dec 2009, 22:56:08 UTC - in response to Message 952083.
	. I wonder if AMD is going to have anything to compete with this. Since they already have ATI and now dominate powerwise the GPU market. Just think how many more top cards they would sell if they helped the Lunatics get their cards working on Seti. I would have bought 2 already. They don't need to...just look at what Collatz and MilkyWay have done for ATI sales.... I bet the sales we would generate would be worth a bit of time and a card or two. ____________ Official Abuser of Boinc Buttons... And no good credit hound!
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HAL9000 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 11 Sep 99 Posts: 3297 Credit: 78,495,974 RAC: 59,906	Message 952125 - Posted: 4 Dec 2009, 0:21:20 UTC - in response to Message 952060.
	It would be exciting to have a 3rd mainstream CPU manufacturer. Skynet? Sky net is actually the machine name of one of the computers in a Nebraska U.S. Air force weather monitoring facility. So not exactly knowing the us government is running sky net right now. ____________ SETI@home classic workunits: 93,865 CPU time: 863,447 hours Join the BP6/VP6 User Group today!
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Cosmic_Ocean Send message Joined: 23 Dec 00 Posts: 2086 Credit: 6,841,206 RAC: 4,101	Message 952327 - Posted: 4 Dec 2009, 15:15:33 UTC - in response to Message 951986.
	I wonder if AMD is going to have anything to compete with this. Since they already have ATI and now dominate powerwise the GPU market. I've been keeping up with AMD's timeline for a while now, and the Magny Cours plan is still slated for somewhere in mid 2010. That will start with 12 cores and later 16. I believe I read an article that mentioned AMD plans to be able to go to 24 cores on that same platform. I think AMD should be able to keep up just fine though. The "uber-cores" race certainly won't be a one-horse race, but it also might not be a close race, either. ____________ Linux laptop uptime: 1484d 22h 42m Ended due to UPS failure, found 14 hours after the fact
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skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 8970 Credit: 37,790,371 RAC: 42,925	Message 952341 - Posted: 4 Dec 2009, 15:53:45 UTC
	I have no dobut that no matter how many cores are on a chip the AMD will always be a more affordable chip ____________ Proud member of TSWB. End terrorism by building a school
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msattler Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 34711 Credit: 355,087,297 RAC: 381,936	Message 952344 - Posted: 4 Dec 2009, 15:59:58 UTC - in response to Message 952341.
	I have no dobut that no matter how many cores are on a chip the AMD will always be a more affordable chip Yup....and a Yugo will always be a more affordable car. ____________ ****** "Ask not, what your kitty can do for you. Ask what you can do for your kitty." As it is kitten, so shall it be done.
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skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 8970 Credit: 37,790,371 RAC: 42,925	Message 952348 - Posted: 4 Dec 2009, 16:06:03 UTC
	thats no car sir thats my shoe. ____________ Proud member of TSWB. End terrorism by building a school
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