| May 19, 2008 4:39 AM PDT | |
An architecture that supports multiple cores in a single processor package where the supporting infrastructure (interconnect, memory hierarchy, etc) is designed to support high levels of scalability, going well beyond that encountered in multiprocessor computers. These cores may be the same (a homogeneous many-core processor) or different (a heterogeneous many-core architecture). Many-core processors put more cores in a given thermal envelop than the corresponding multi-core processors, consciously compromising single-core performance in favor of parallel or “throughput”: performance.
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March 25, 2010 12:22 AM PDT
 Pradeep Bhariya | I want to know the arcitechtest od the processor |
| August 18, 2010 4:51 AM PDT
pravinth | Hi, Today we had a debate about this many-core in my comapny. My humble request is to tell me only one thing, like multi-core many-core also is in a single chip(also called as Die-or IC) correct? Pls reply. Thanks! |
| August 19, 2010 8:06 AM PDT
Aubrey W. (Intel)
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Hello Pravinth, "Core" refers to the logical processing unit. There can be one, or many on a chip, so "manycore" means there are many cores in a computer, but they do not have to all be on the same chip. There may be many single-core chips, or one multicore chip or many multicore chips. Typically, "manycore" means about 32 or more cores, while "multicore" means fewer. This nomenclature doesn’t refer to distributed memory systems than can have thousands of cores total. However, each node in a distributed system might be classified as multicore or manycore. Also keep in mind that new parallel computing technologies are always being developed, so the terminology may change in the future as the technology changes. I hope this answer was helpful. == Aubrey W. Intel(R) Software Network Support |
| June 16, 2011 7:42 PM PDT
Kevin Cameron |
I think "many-core" is a moving target, it's probably anything more than an order of magnitude (10x) whatever you can currently get. It is also more likely to be a NUMA and non-cache-coherent. |
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