Why Quad Core When You Can Octaconta Core?

If you thought that was a mouthful, imagine stuffing a terabyte of data into your mouth every second. That’s exactly what Intel announced during this Tuesdays IDF Conference.

With the release of Intel’s Quad Core processors next month, there is much excitement in the hardware industry. But just as you think things have got as good as they can for a few months, Intel have announced the construction of a processor with no little than 80 Cores!

At the, bi-annual, conference this Tuesday, CEO Paul Otellini, offered up a silicon wafer with the prototype chips to amazed onlookers. During his speech, Otellini stated that the 80 Core chips are capable of exchanging data at an astonishing terabyte per second. Each core clocking in at 3.1Ghz. With next months Quad Core processors looking to put Intel ahead of the competition for now, they have announced that the new 80 Core processors are on target for release within the next five years.

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