80 Cores.

omg wow......only problem will be that pcs cost a furtune to build these days so i expect in 5 years time if this is released its going to set you back alot of money and most of us will not afford one the way its going.
 
Ummm...not everything today can utilize all 4 cores. it's not a matter of a new CPU have so many, it has to do with whether or not programs can utilize so many. The noob has a point!

In this case, I don't think it's a matter of feasible=realistic, more than it is a 'look what we can do', ie: bragging rights for the most part.
 
imsati said:
Ummm...not everything today can utilize all 4 cores. it's not a matter of a new CPU have so many, it has to do with whether or not programs can utilize so many. The noob has a point!

In this case, I don't think it's a matter of feasible=realistic, more than it is a 'look what we can do', ie: bragging rights for the most part.
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what I'm saying is that the way it's being developed probably gets around programs having to be coded for multi-core. it will most likely function as one core.
 
nexolus said:
what I'm saying is that the way it's being developed probably gets around programs having to be coded for multi-core. it will most likely function as one core.
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Programs in a way control the CPU, not the other way around. A program uses the CPU to make a calculation. From what I understand of writing computer programs, multi-threaded programs are written to send out two or more calculations simultaneously, where an older program would only expect one core, so one request is sent at a time.

Dual core does speed up a lot of things, but that is because it is just plain better
 
But you're thinking of how things work now. I'm assuming that since this is such revolutionary technology it will have its own way of splitting up the process. For instance, most programs take a sandwich, cut it in half or fourths, and give it to the processor to see what's inside and pass along. Maybe the way this one will work is the program sends a whole sandwich, and it slices it into eightieths itself.
 
nexolus said:
But you're thinking of how things work now. I'm assuming that since this is such revolutionary technology it will have its own way of splitting up the process. For instance, most programs take a sandwich, cut it in half or fourths, and give it to the processor to see what's inside and pass along. Maybe the way this one will work is the program sends a whole sandwich, and it slices it into eightieths itself.
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Nex, I think michael and I both know what you're trying to say, and I understand the course of thinking. However, revolutionary new technology or not, it won't matter since the technology is new to the CPU, not necessarilyy the program sending info to the CPU. The CPU will be backwards-compatible with the software, the but software cannot be forward-compatible with the CPU since the newer CPU technology most likely wasn't even conceived of when the software was written.

I hope that makes sense ;)
 
Again, this is in 5 years so by then who knows how programs will run for multi-core, etc., and who knows how the processor/mobo will run older programs. And in 5 years we will most likely not worry about compatibility with programs of yesterday
 
And in 5 years we will most likely not worry about compatibility with programs of yesterday
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Five years...yes, I know. Win98 and Office 2003 are still used on many systems. Neither is obsolete and each still serves a purpose. They are compatible with newer technology, but not optimized for them. Win98 will never be able to use all the technologies on newer CPU's.

Time will tell, though, I suppose...
 
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