Tilera Creates 100 Core Processor

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Tilera, a two-year-old startup, has announced a series of CPUs that will feature up to 100 cores. The Tile-GX processors are being aimed at server markets that deal with web-related functions. The chips can run Linux, and can function as both a co-processor and a standalone. The Gx100 will draw an amazingly low 55 watts under full load, while the 16 core version will max around 5 watts. The company is targeting the server markets as they would benefit greatly from parallel processing. Applications such as MySQL and Apache have already been ported to the new architecture, and future programs can be ported over using C. The Tilera chips use a mesh network to prevent any data gridlock that could occur if too many cores were trying to use the data buses at once. The processors will run at 1.5GHz, and will be available in 2011 starting at $400.

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tacohunter52 on October 26, 2009 11:33PM Cool I wonder how they'll perform compared to current server chips. reply to this

Waco on October 27, 2009 01:15AM Meh. Chips like these aren't anything special and most applications can't make use of them effectively. reply to this

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