We’ve seen dual core chips and quad core chips.
You’d think 8-core chips would be next, right?
Think again. The title of this post does not contain a typo. 
CPU’s with 80 cores are coming.
Intel predicts these 80-core chips to be commercially available within 5 years.
This degree of computing performance is now only available to scientists that have access to supercomputers.
These 80-cores open the door to photorealistic gaming and deeper artificial intelligence.
I would like to see these used in medical research.
Holy moly. I guess people are going to have to start writing more threaded apps, eh?
I think these chips are scheduled for 3 years from the present, not 5 (this prototype was demonstrated in 2006). Great blog, Jan. I’ve been reading since you started it though this is the first time I’ve commented.
Yeah, only 80 threads. No big deal! :p