  hide cookie message 73,538 News Articles  Intel shows 48-core
single-chip cloud computer  Super chip uses same energy as two
lightbulbs  Intel has demonstrated a 48-core research chip
that's 10 to 20 times more powerful than the top offering in its
multi-core Core processor range but which uses the same amount
of energy as two household light bulbs.  The chip giant said it
built fully functional cores in the new chip as part of what it
calls its "terascale" mission.  "With a chip like this, you
could imagine a cloud data centre of the future which will be an
order of magnitude more energy efficient than what exists today,
saving significant resources on space and power costs," said
Justin Rattner, Intel CTO and head of Intel Labs.   News of the
48-core chip, nicknamed the "single-chip cloud computer", comes
nearly three years after Intel revealed it had built an 80-core
chip. That chip fit 80 cores onto a 275-square millimetre,
fingernail-size chip and draws only 62 watts of power - less
than many modern de