Name: Intel tests chip design with 80-core processor
Uploaded: 2007-08-07T16:56:55+00:00
Duration: 2 min 2 s

Intel tests chip design with 80-core processor

Following their march from standard processors to dual-core and quad-core designs in 2006, Intel Corp. researchers have built an 80-core chip that performs more than a trillion floating-point operations per second (TFLOPS) while using less electricity than a modern desktop PC chip.

First described by Intel executives at a September trade show, the chip fits 80 cores onto a 275-square-millimeter, fingernail-size chip and draws only 62 watts of power -- less than many modern desktop chips.

Video Length: 02:02
Uploaded By: Computerworld
Published: 8/7/2007
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