Intel Demos Single Chip with 48 Cores - Polidicks

[quote] Intel announced that company researchers demonstrated an experimental, 48-core processor--dubbed the "single-chip cloud computer"--that will supposedly pave the way for future generations of processors. According to the company, the "concept chip" is aimed at scaling on-chip performance, communication, and power consumption. The new prototype also offers 10 to 20 times the processing engines found in today's Intel Core processors. Despite its many cores, Intel says that the futuristic prototype chip will consume the same amount of energy as two standard household light bulbs thanks to newly invented power management techniques. Even more, Intel claims that the processor could eventually become sophisticated enough to let PCs use "vision" to interact with people. "Imagine, for example, someday interacting with a computer for a virtual dance lesson or on-line shopping that uses a future laptop's 3-D camera and display to show you a "mirror" of yourself wearing the clothes you are interested in," the company said. "Twirl and turn and watch how the fabric drapes and how the color complements your skin tone. This kind of interaction could eliminate the need of keyboards, remote controls or joysticks for gaming. Some researchers believe computers may even be able to read brain waves, so simply thinking about a command, such as dictating words, would happen without speaking." Intel also said that it deemed the prototype as the "single-chip cloud computer" because of its similarities with data centers organized in a group to create a "cloud" of computing. The prototype's 48 cores seemingly mimics the configuration of a cloud server system, however casts aside the physical distance and is reduced down to a piece of 45nm, high-k metal-gate silicon "about the size of a postage stamp." [/quote] Source: [url]http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Intel-Cloud-Cores-Processor-CPU,9193.html[/url]

So because of their power usage, they won't generate much heat?

[quote]Some researchers believe computers may even be able to read brain waves, so simply thinking about a command, such as dictating words, would happen without speaking.[/quote] I have a feeling this won't be very compatible for youtube commenters.

[QUOTE=ChilColdCoolaid;18711925]I have a feeling this won't be very compatible for youtube commenters.[/QUOTE] Yeah, even 48 core computers can't understand retardese.

Holy hell what the christ.

How it was related to those new input methods they described I dunno. Also, no mention of how powerful each individual core is?

Moore's law boyeeeee. I knew you wouldn't fail me. So excited to see what comes in my lifetime.

[quote]"Imagine, for example, someday interacting with a computer for a virtual dance lesson or on-line shopping that uses a future laptop's 3-D camera and display to show you a "mirror" of yourself wearing the clothes you are interested in," the company said. "Twirl and turn and watch how the fabric drapes and how the color complements your skin tone. This kind of interaction could eliminate the need of keyboards, remote controls or joysticks for gaming. Some researchers believe computers may even be able to read brain waves, so simply thinking about a command, such as dictating words, would happen without speaking."[/quote] XBox beat them to it. it's called "Project Natal." Nevertheless, [I]Do The Math[/I](Kudos for the ones who get the reference). This is going to be awesome. [editline]5:10:[/editline] Fuck you, I'm tired.

[QUOTE=Madman_Andre;18712006]PlayStation beat them to it. it's called "Project Natal." Nevertheless, [I]Do The Math[/I](Kudos for the ones who get the reference). This is going to be awesome.[/QUOTE] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ytCEuuW2_A[/media] That's Xbox that's doing Project Natal. ....I mostly just wanted to use the fail horn. I'm sorry.

[QUOTE=Madman_Andre;18712006]PlayStation beat them to it. it's called "Project Natal." Nevertheless, [I]Do The Math[/I](Kudos for the ones who get the reference). This is going to be awesome.[/QUOTE] Actually it's Microsoft who's doing Project Natal for the Xbox360, not Sony. [editline]09:59PM[/editline] Fuck, Ninja'd.

I have a feeling that we'll live the day to see some of the sci-fi features as seen from movies.

[QUOTE=Jack Bryce;18711929]Yeah, even 48 core computers can't understand retardese.[/QUOTE] If the human brain can't, nothing can.

just allowing me to watch WAY more porn then I should :flashfap:

[QUOTE=Madman_Andre;18712006]XBox beat them to it. it's called "Project Natal." Nevertheless, [I]Do The Math[/I](Kudos for the ones who get the reference). This is going to be awesome. [editline]5:10:[/editline] Fuck you, I'm tired.[/QUOTE] The stuff they are talking about is a lot more advanced than Natal. You could say that Natal is a Pentium 3 and the stuff they are talking about is an i9.

[QUOTE=Madman_Andre;18712006]XBox beat them to it. it's called "Project Natal." Nevertheless, [I]Do The Math[/I](Kudos for the ones who get the reference). This is going to be awesome. [editline]5:10:[/editline] Fuck you, I'm tired.[/QUOTE] Haha, wow... What they're talking about it probably way more advanced than Natal. This will create a mirror if you and lets you change clothes etc, just as they said. Natal only maps movement of your body to a premade 3d character, and/or recognizes gestures you do.

I can see the code [img]http://cdn.gameist.com/static/contentimages/jkimak/neo1.jpg[/img]

They will kill us all! [img]http://robotblog.free.fr/wp-content/images/2008/08/intel-bras-robotique-01.jpg[/img]

I like my mouse and keyboard :(

I'm sure we can afford this.

[QUOTE=furious_d;18712285]just allowing me to watch WAY more porn then I should :flashfap:[/QUOTE] It can see you now.

[QUOTE=sebbonaparta;18712004]Moore's law boyeeeee. I knew you wouldn't fail me. So excited to see what comes in my lifetime.[/QUOTE] Well assuming you're 18 and you live to 80, by the time you die computers will be 157,875,899,765 times more powerful than they are now if Moore's Law is correct.

[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;18714301]Well assuming you're 18 and you live to 80, by the time you die computers will be 157,875,899,765 times more powerful than they are now if Moore's Law is correct.[/QUOTE] You just blew my mind.

[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;18714301]Well assuming you're 18 and you live to 80, by the time you die computers will be 157,875,899,765 times more powerful than they are now if Moore's Law is correct.[/QUOTE] At that point, no one would die. People would just download their brain into a computer.

[QUOTE=Pepsi-cola;18714482]You just blew my mind.[/QUOTE] Well, that's assuming we're using transistors still and not something like quantum computers.

[QUOTE=radioactive;18713999]I'm sure we can afford this.[/QUOTE] I expect this stuff to be affordable for consumer electronics in 5 years at least. In 20 years this shit will be on our cell phones. [editline]06:45PM[/editline] That also means you will burn your hands when using your phone.

Now if you think "Goddammit my friends sister is hot! I want to bang her!" while looking at her Facebook profile, it types and posts it for you and adds some "DELETE IT! DELEEEEEEEEEETE IT!" -posts after it.

Cool. But can it run Crysis? :downs:

[QUOTE=mr-kaki;18712024]I have a feeling that we'll live the day to see some of the sci-fi features as seen from movies.[/QUOTE] Well in the new James Bond movies in the 70's, a computer was "High Tech".

[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;18714301]Well assuming you're 18 and you live to 80, by the time you die computers will be 157,875,899,765 times more powerful than they are now if Moore's Law is correct.[/QUOTE] Well, there are unbeatable boundaries in the momentary trend which will halt that advance once, at least for these days electricity driven computing. Calculating using light is already being worked on, but even this is limited.

[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;18717509]Well, there are unbeatable boundaries in the momentary trend which will halt that advance once, at least for these days electricity driven computing. Calculating using light is already being worked on, but even this is limited.[/QUOTE] Once we hit 12 nm manufacturing processes, we're going to have some serious trouble scaling past there, weirdness involving physics and quantum mechanics at such a small level start fucking with your shit and soon enough you'll be looking for a new way to computer. So yeah.