The world’s first 1,000-core processor

[Kevin Lancaster]

The world’s first 1,000-core processor

University of California researchers have designed an energy-efficient 1,000-core processor.

 

[WaxLyrical]

Cool

 

[Thor]

Can it run Dota?

 

[xumwun]

I think some GPUs have more than 3x that.

 

[cguy]

I think some GPUs have more than 3x that.

Yes, but GPUs are SIMD/T, this isn't. This means that it can run threads doing completely different work, including "branchy" logic relatively efficiently. There are still a bunch of other questions about how well this actually scales, but that is the gist of their new contribution.

 

[DA-LION-619]

Can it run Dota?

Explains a lot.

 

[wizardofid]

MYbb article doesn't specify the speed at which the cpu runs at, a bit of digging around it is 1.78GHz, not too shabby, you could have it run at 300mhz and it should still pack a punch.

 

[cguy]

MYbb article doesn't specify the speed at which the cpu runs at, a bit of digging around it is 1.78GHz, not too shabby, you could have it run at 300mhz and it should still pack a punch.

There's a lot of hype about this processor right now, but it can really only provide a performance benefit in a very small set of applications. There's no floating point unit, no vector units, and there's no global memory subsystem - these are key for any type of general purpose processing.

 

[profeet]

Can it run Dota?

Explains a lot.

you know the understanding of Thor187?