Intel unveils 48-core cloud computing silicon chip (BBC)

Posted Dec 3, 2009 18:15 UTC (Thu) by jsatchell (guest, #6236)
In reply to: Intel unveils 48-core cloud computing silicon chip (BBC) by sbergman27
Parent article: Intel unveils 48-core cloud computing silicon chip (BBC)

It means each node is roughly the complexity of a P4, or maybe a P3 and a decent cache.

I can't imagine what they have done about package bandwidth - assuming all these CPUs want to access main memory. If they are just going to run benchmarks by themselves, there will be no problem.

Intel unveils 48-core cloud computing silicon chip (BBC)

Posted Dec 3, 2009 18:49 UTC (Thu) by Trelane (subscriber, #56877) [Link]

It's a NUMA SoC with 96MB onboard memory. Interestingly, each core has 2MB cache... ;)

*removes tongue from cheek.