IIRC, the 100 core processor didn't support the x86 instruction set, this new processor does. That in just two years.
I wonder what things will be like in two more years. ----- Rom -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jorden van der Elst Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 7:05 PM To: Martin Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] Intel demos 48-core processor running Windows andLinux On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 12:52 AM, Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > Looks more like a catch-up attempt to chase Tilera: > > http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/10/tilera-100-cores/ > > > It does suggest that Boinc will need to develop to support massive > parallelisation of the science applications on individual hosts. In that article it says: "Don’t expect it to run Windows 7 on it though. For that, consumers will have to wait for Intel’s version in a few years." So what does it run then? Pure CUDA/Stream/OpenCL? ;-) -- -- Jord. _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address. _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
