Quad chips coming

[JDArt]

Sounds pretty good:

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -- Intel Corp. said on Tuesday it will start selling chips with four processing cores in November as the world's biggest microchip maker tries to build a lead over rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

The chips, unveiled by Chief Executive Paul Otellini at an Intel forum, will hit the market a month or two earlier than expected, but analysts said they would do little to stem market share lost to AMD (Charts) since they will initially only target high- end servers and gaming computers.

"It gives them technology bragging rights," said Nathan Brookwood, head of industry research firm Insight 64.

Intel's current top-end chips have two processing cores, allowing them to better handle multiple tasks at the same time. The company has forecast that future chips will eventually contain dozens or even hundreds of cores.

The new chips will not have four cores on a single slice of silicon, but instead consist of two dual-core chips stuck together.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/09/26/tech...ion=2006092618

[Rokcet Scientist]

Intel's "road map" already envisages 80 core (yes, EIGHTY !) processors within a few years . . .