Intel to Demonstrate 48-Core Microprocessor
Developers from Intel Corp. plan to demonstrate the world’s first central processing unit with 48 cores today. The processor is experimental and belongs to Intel Tera-Scale Computing Research program, but Intel claims that the chip has 10 – 20 times higher performance compared to existing Intel Core products.
The prototype chip contains 48 independently programmable cores – the largest number ever placed on a single piece of silicon. The microprocessor features new high-speed core-to-core data bus, which is very much needed for multi-core microprocessors, integrated memory controller and so on. What is interesting is that according to the world’s largest chipmaker the prototype only consumes 25W in idle and 125W under full workload, which is inline with today’s central processing unit. It is unclear which process technology is used to make the new prototype chip.
