's still at an experimental stage, but the new Intel presented by researchers from Intel Labs could revolutionize the design of notebook PCs and servers. This is a chip with as many as 48 cores, called "single-chip computer cloud" and a number of processing engines about 10-20 times higher than current Intel Core popular.
The prototype contains 48 fully programmable processing core Intel (for comparison, the next-generation chip that Intel will introduce in 2010 include six to eight cores), the highest number so far achieved in a single silicon chip. The prototype also includes an on-chip high-speed network for sharing information, as well as technical management of energy that make possible entirely new very high efficiency for all 48 core, it consumes just 25 watts 125 watts when idle or operating at maximum performance (approximately equivalent to the current Intel processors and two standard light bulbs for use home).
These chips allow you to add features highly scalable to future computers, encouraging the development of entirely new categories of software applications and human-machine interfaces. Next year Intel plans to involve industry and university collaborators distributing at least 100 of these experimental chips for practical research in the development of new software and new programming models. Equipped with such a chip, for example, future notebook may be equipped with a vision similar to that of humans, finding objects and movements in real time. This kind of interaction could lead to eliminate the need for keyboards, remote controls or joysticks for gaming. According to some researchers, the computer may also be able to read brain waves, allowing users to issue commands simply by thinking, not speaking.
Intel Labs has dubbed the experimental chip "single chip cloud computer" because it resembles the organization of the data center used to create a "cloud" of computing resources over the Internet. The cloud data center consisting of tens of thousands of computers connected via a physical network cable, which distribute complex tasks and large data sets in parallel. The new Intel chip experimental research is based on a similar approach, although all computers and networks are integrated into a Intel single silicon wafer, with a significant reduction in the amount of physical computers needed to create a cloud data center.
"With a chip like this we can imagine a cloud data center of the future with energy efficiency far superior to current solutions, a significant savings of resources in terms of space and energy costs," said Justin Rattner, Director of Intel Labs and chief technology officer of Intel, "We anticipate that these concepts find their place in the advanced devices mainstream.
The new chip is the latest result from the research program in Intel's tera-scale computing, to make future chips with tens or hundreds of cores. E 'was created jointly by Intel Labs research centers in Bangalore (India), Brunswick (Germany) and Hillsboro, Oregon (USA).
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