The Mask of the Future?

Michael Kanellos Intel readies massive multicore processors;Staff Writer, CNET News.com Published: June 14, 2007 4:00 AM PDT

In chapter 5 there is a topic called Multicore processors, which is any system that contains two or more processors. This new way of increasing speed became very popular because the old way often generated an over abundance of heat on the system causing internal damage to the unit.

In 2007 Intel launched it's new prototype containg an 80 core processor that has a so called exoskeletal component. These new chips would have a better functionality and would be easier to integrate into new systems. Although this technology is extremely tempting, there has been alot of skepticism around this new prototype. Some of the more common questions were will this system run existing software and also is the amount of heat produced tolerable, Intels answer was "yes". This new terascale technology can aid in so called "hotspots", these are cores on the system that work nonstop and become overheated. This new system does kind of a hop scotch around the different cores so no one is working harder than the other. Intel is still working out the kinks of this new system before it can be offered mainstream.