Tanausu Ramirez, another Intelresearch scientist working on the 48-core chip said that instead of one core working at near top capacity and using a lot of energy, many cores could run in parallel on different projects and use less energy.
The technology, which is now being piloted in Dublin (under the name CityWatch) and will eventually roll out across London (as part of the Intel Collaborative Research Institute for Sustainable Connected Cities), is impressive.
This approach is interesting in its own right and at the same time synergetic with several other projects we are funding through the Intel Labs Academic Research Office.