[Petronski]

Has there been a thread yet about the Intel concept CPU with 80 cores controlled by an onboard network router, supposedly promising 1 teraflop?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I haven't seen it but I may have missed it.

Simple search turned up this:

32-Core Processors: Intel Reaches For (The) Sun

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

But IBM is going to ramp up the clock speed also:

New IBM chip breaks barriers to double speed ~ speeds of between 4 and 5 gigahertz

This is on the Power6 and the second generation of the Cell chip in the SONY Play Station 3....