Tilera challenges X86 architecture with 100 core-processor

Unless their hardware can magically translate single-threaded software into multi-threaded, its not going to be upsetting X86 any time soon.
 
Of course you can do amazing things with a processor if you don't actually have to worry in any way about it being compatible with anything.

They even acknowledge it themselves:

"Tilera is four years ahead of everyone else in the chip world. Unlike Intel, we were able to begin our chip design with a clean slate. Intel is weighed down by a certain amount of baggage, for example, an immense investment in X86 architecture. They have to ensure backwards compatibility for a number of server and consumer products," stated Doud.
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And by "a number of" they actually mean "almost all"

Intel actually tried designing a chip from the ground up with no "baggage". Remember how hard the Itanium failed? Don't underestimate the value of a chip can actually run the software people use...
 
GotNoRice said:
Of course you can do amazing things with a processor if you don't actually have to worry in any way about it being compatible with anything.

They even acknowledge it themselves:



And by "a number of" they actually mean "almost all"

Intel actually tried designing a chip from the ground up with no "baggage". Remember how hard the Itanium failed? Don't underestimate the value of a chip can actually run the software people use...
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QFT.
 
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