Intel unveils 48-core cloud computing silicon chip

Virtual computing and Cloud computing is looking to be the next big thing for computers. We here at Ninjalane just have to ask the big quetion. Wonder how well these beast will overclock?

Intel has unveiled a prototype chip that packs 48 separate processing cores on to a chunk of silicon the size of a postage stamp.

The Single-chip Cloud Computer (SCC), as it is known, contains 1.3 billion transistors, the tiny on-off switches that underpin chip technology.

Each processing core could, in theory, run a separate operating system.

Also wonder what kind of cooling it will take to keep these guys humming along. 

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