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Now that the Megahertz race has faded into the distance (we hear it was a myth), Intel is well and truly kicking off the start of a multi-core war with the demonstration of an 80-core research processor in San Francisco last week.
ENGADGET: Intel demonstrates 80-core processor
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The multi-core war may have begun, but the battle will be fought with software, although that's not to say that the hardware side has already been won: apparently the test chip is much larger than equivalent chips -- 275 mm squared, versus a typical Core 2 Duo's 143 mm squared -- and Intel currently has no way to hook up memory to the chip.
ENGADGET: Intel demonstrates 80-core processor
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As she did then, executive producer Darlene Hunt continues to liken their attempt to lighten an otherwise dark topic to MASH, which was at its core a comedy about war.
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