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Dec 3 2009   4:32AM GMT

Intels 48 Core Processor



Posted by: Nathan Simon
atom, Intel, Linux, new processor, Windows

Intel’s new processor, each core being an Atom based processor, put 48 of them together and they become one powerful collective.

Pushing several steps farther in the multicore direction, Intel on Wednesday demonstrated a fully programmable 48-core processor it thinks will pave the way for massive data computers powerful enough to do more of what humans can.

The processor was even shown to boot into Windows and Linux Boxes. Check out the full story here.

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