The war of the processors between Intel and AMD is giving spectacular results; the processors of only one nucleus are in his last life stage and the MegaHertz are stopping being the unit of measurement of the capacity of prosecution of a CPU. It does scarcely a pair of years, the imagination of many was flying on having spoken about processors of two nuclei and of all the power that might reach port; at present, the multi-nuclei are marking a new tendency towards new horizons as for the capacity of the microprocessors. Not to go further, Intel presented last week in San Francisco, a processor prototype with 80 nuclei basing on a process of production of 13.5 nanómetros. The result of this monstrosity still cannot be annotated clearly since on the one hand, the technology does not exist to implement completely similar prosecution capacity, and on the other hand, there is no software that demands the arduous work of 80 nuclei. Hace apenas un par de años, la imaginación de muchos volaba al hablar de procesadores de dos núcleos y de todo el poder que podrían aportar; en la actualidad, los multi-núcleos están marcando una nueva tendencia hacia nuevos horizontes en cuanto a la capacidad de los microprocesadores. Para no ir más lejos, Intel presentó la semana pasada en San Francisco, un prototipo de procesador con 80 núcleos basándose en un proceso de producción de 13.5 nanómetros. El resultado de esta monstruosidad aún no puede ser acotado claramente ya que por un lado, no existe la tecnología para implementar por completo semejante capacidad de procesamiento, y por otra parte, no hay un software que exija el trabajo arduo de los 80 núcleos.

There is a photos gallery, as well as a deeper analysis on the structure of the processor; unfortunately the information is only in English, but he is worth while throwing a glance.

More information: Engadget, FayerWayer.