Tilera etches '*ss-kicking' 72-core system-on-chip for network gear

Re: Prove it

I have been an ARM user since 1987 when I bought my Archimedes 305.

I design and manufacture embedded hardware using ARM chips for preference.

I follow ARM developments keenly and know their strengths well.

Here though, we're talking about Tilera's implementation which will undoubtedly be memory bandwidth-constrained with 72 cores in a single package.

Unless, perhaps, the problems are suited to a shared-code multiple data approach, in which case a GPU offers far more cores per chip.

Like Nvidia's latest chip the GK110 with 2,688 CUDA cores - as used in Titan http://www.olcf.ornl.gov/titan/

This Tilera chip seems an ill-conceived design to me, but all we have to do is wait and see what happens.