http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/Apr 10th 2010 6:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/
MOAR COARZ!!!]]>Apr 10th 2010 6:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/Apr 10th 2010 7:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/Apr 10th 2010 7:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/
replacing parts of the brain would require processing power above that of a quantum processor.]]>Apr 10th 2010 8:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/Apr 10th 2010 9:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/Apr 10th 2010 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/
While it is true that some parts of the brain (in different areas depending on the specific brain) are hugely faster than any computer, there is plenty of room for assisted processing by electronics that are much faster in some instances.

Even the fastest mathematician isn't as fast as a computer at crunching calculations, so that's one place where electronics can help (among dozens of other areas).

Of course it won't be as simple as just sticking it in there and having them work with existing tissue (which is why I don't see it being done by 2020, but 2050 might be possible). Other neural assisting electronics (to read neural impulses and relay them to a prosthetic body part or an original part which lost it's connection) is a different story (it's already doable), but it cannot perform calculations for you or feed you information or anything like that.

And, even if it comes to be possible to have brain implants to assist with calculations and such, it's very possible that adults won't be able to make use of it and only children who have it implanted when they are very young will be able to learn to use it.]]>Apr 10th 2010 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/Apr 10th 2010 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/
The chip uses between 25W and 125W, which is awesome for 48 cores, assuming these are full x86 cores. Could these chips be the products from the Larrabee department?

I really can't wait to get close to this many cores in a computer. Think of all the work I could hypothetically do but won't because I waste too much time on forums and blogs.

The sad part is that we could probably all get these chips now but why should Intel sell us 48-core chips now and never sell another chip if they can spread the upgrades over 10 years? It would be nice if they sold them on newegg so that anyone could buy one just to experiment with.]]>Apr 10th 2010 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/
Ok, your Brain, is able to make adjustments to your breathing, heart rate, it doesn't come close to a Processor in terms of what it can do.

You do things without even thinking about it, from the moment your born, your brain is sending signals to your body, it can adapt learn, and even create new things with the resources you have.

It far surpasses anything we currently have, to say a computer calulate maths faster is abit stupid really, it's not learning it, it's just simple software.

Until the time comes where computers can learn, just by you inputting for instance, using a simple logic patteren, and working out the logic behind it, then you could say that. Until that time, you can't.]]>Apr 10th 2010 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/Useless until developers make software use more cores.

Course, universities will for their specialized applications.]]>Apr 10th 2010 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/Apr 10th 2010 11:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/
Just 20 years ago very few people had computers in their homes. Now we have computers everywhere (desktops, laptops, netbooks, cell phones, etc.). I think brain interfacing is the next step in computing.]]>Apr 11th 2010 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/Crysis is called Falluja in the real world and there are real men and women who do it every day. ]]>Apr 12th 2010 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/Apr 10th 2010 6:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/Apr 10th 2010 7:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/Apr 10th 2010 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/
You see, the humor is in the play on the word "core". The article is about some new 48-core processors from Intel, that are going to be given to researchers to use/test. Researchers usually tend to work at universities, so the processors will probably be sent to those universities. Since the majority of them will go to use in the universities, they will be the central place of use, or the "core" of use.

The humor comes from the multiple uses of the word "core", meaning both the processors and "central".

I hope this helped.]]>Apr 10th 2010 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/Apr 10th 2010 1:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/
Holy hell, did you think of that yourself, or do you have a PhD in ENGL? Or, you used an anagram dictionary._.]]>Apr 10th 2010 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/That is epic]]>Apr 10th 2010 8:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/Apr 10th 2010 6:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/Apr 10th 2010 6:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/Apr 10th 2010 6:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/Apr 10th 2010 7:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/You were the first to say it!]]>Apr 10th 2010 7:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/Apr 10th 2010 6:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/Apr 10th 2010 6:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/Apr 10th 2010 7:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/Apr 10th 2010 7:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/Apr 10th 2010 7:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/Apr 10th 2010 7:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/Apr 10th 2010 11:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/Apr 10th 2010 7:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/Apr 10th 2010 7:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/Apr 10th 2010 7:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/Apr 11th 2010 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/Apr 10th 2010 7:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/
So they are hard to compare in any useful matter.]]>Apr 10th 2010 7:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/
There only a handful that see more then core.dBpoweramp is about the only one I know of off hand.

Cores are like 64bit they need to get the software developers on board to make it of any use to the end user. ]]>Apr 10th 2010 7:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/Apr 10th 2010 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/Any good, modern 3D software will have multi threading, in fact most modern software that requires large amounts of CPU usage will use Multi Thread technology as most people have 2+ core cpu's nowadays]]>Apr 10th 2010 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/Yes, because 4 cores is close to being 48]]>Apr 10th 2010 3:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/Apr 10th 2010 7:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/Apr 10th 2010 8:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/Apr 10th 2010 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/Apr 10th 2010 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/Having a pie-throwing competition for sure!!!]]>Apr 10th 2010 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/10/intels-48-core-processor-destined-for-science-ships-to-univers/Apr 10th 2010 2:33PM