New Processor Will Feature 100 Cores

[elegant]

Forget dual-core and quad-core processors: A semiconductor company promises to pack 100 cores into a processor that can be used in applications that require hefty computing punch, like video conferencing, wireless base stations and networking. By comparison, Intel’s latest chips are expected to have just eight cores.

“This is a general-purpose chip that can run off-the-shelf programs almost unmodified,” says Anant Agarwal, chief technical officer of Tilera, the company that is making the 100-core chip. “And we can do that while offering at least four times the compute performance of an Intel Nehalem-Ex, while burning a third of the power as a Nehalem.”

The 100-core processor, fabricated using 40-nanometer technology, is expected to be available early next year.

Full Article @ Wired

[Instab]

this depends on the apps then. most daily appps don't support smp so 99 cores would just be idle.
unless the company can make them seen as one by the os.

[insane]

im sure the price is gonna be hefty too, but i don't think this is for the ordinary person, it would probably help a lot with university and gov't servers.

im fine with my core 2 duo , unless core 100 is cheap