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Cavium packs 48 cores into ThunderX ARM chips |
June 03, 2014
Cavium will begin sampling a family of 64-bit ARM server processors later this year that pack up to 48 cores on a chip and are optimized for particular workloads.The chip maker will start sampling four variants of its ThunderX ARM SOCs (systems on chip) in the fourth quarter, optimized for compute, storage, network and security applications, it said Tuesday.Cavium is jumping into a nascent market for ARM server chips also targeted by Advanced Micro Devices, Applied Microsystems, Marvell and others. They’re all trying to displace Intel’s dominant x86 processors.Cavium hopes to set its chips apart with their high core count, and by offering a wide variety of configurations for different workloads and price points.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2358840/cavium-packs-48-cores-into-thunderx-arm-chips.html#tk.rss_all
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