Intel Unveils 48-core Cloud Computing Chip
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One of the hot buzzwords in the tech industry for awhile has been “cloud” computing. Intel has unveiled an impressive 48 core chip based on the x86 architecture allowing each core to run a separate OS.
Intel has unveiled a prototype chip that packs 48 separate processing cores on to a chunk of silicon the size of a postage stamp.
The Single-chip Cloud Computer (SCC), as it is known, contains 1.3 billion transistors, the tiny on-off switches that underpin chip technology.
Each processing core could, in theory, run a separate operating system.
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