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

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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? ;-)

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-- Jord.
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