How many cores in a processor would be there as far as you know? Two? Four? Six? or Eight? Whatever the processors that we are using today does not exceed much. The US scientists have invented a new 1000 core processor by bagging another record in the computer technological advancement.
The 1000 core processor is named as Kilo-core processor which represents the 1000 cores inside. This processor can amazingly execute 1.78 trillion instructions per second containing 621 million transistors.
A processor would not be an ideal chipset if consumes more power. The kilo-processor takes less power and works smartly. Each core in the processor will turn off the charge when not in use automatically. This is the first processor with the highest clock-rate ever designed.
This 1000 core processor even dominates the IBMs 32nm CMOS technological chip that is being used. The multiple cores in the kilo-processor work independently unlike other multi-core processors. The number of processors embedded in a chip so far didn’t cross 300 cores. The 1000 core processor would be the first of its class with 4-digit cores.
The each core of the kilo-core processor works at the clock frequency of 1.78GHz, transferring data to each other directly rather than using the pooled memory. Pooled memory can squeeze the amount to be used by the core and lets them wait until some other core releases it. The direct transfer saves the waiting time for the processors.
If everything goes well, these processor will be available to us in this decade itself. But, don’t expect them for normal prices.