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Wednesday, August 21, 2002

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Intel developing the chip with two brains
Michael Kanellos

There's more than one way to build a multi-chip microprocessor, according to Intel. Like researchers at other companies, scientists at the chipmaking giant are experimenting with one of the dominant trends in microprocessor design: putting two chip cores, or "brains," into the same piece of silicon--an approach that promises to improve performance and reduce power consumption over the next decade. But Intel's people are pushing the basic concept into new directions that will, the company asserts, increase such benefits even further....

 


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