Intel introduced the processor with 50 cores

Intel at the supercomputing conference SC11 in Seattle introduced the next generation of processors for superpresmetuvanje based on architecture of more integrated cores (MIC). It is a small processor, called Knights Corner, which in itself contains 50 cores, that gives the processing power of one teraflop.

Intel in 1997 has delivered the first supercomputer that was able to reach strength of one teraflop. To reach this effect, Intel has used 9.298 Pentium II processors, affecting 72 computer housings. Now, after 15 years, all that power can be created from a small processor, which in future could be found in tablet PCs. In comparison, the fastest processor Core i7 currently reaches force of109 gigaflops.

The purpose of the new Knights Corner processor is not to be the leading force of the computer, but to help the other processor when it need to perform difficult tasks. Of course, the ultimate goal of this processor is to be found on mobile devices, but until that happens it will take some time because Intel is still working on it, trying to solve the power of electricity.