Microsoft Ahead in Many-Core Development

It is standard fare that there are growing pains whenever new computer hardware is released.

Not so with multi-core processors.

Think about that for a second. They were introduced to market and ta-da, they worked. No fuss, no muss. When was the last time you heard of such a vital computer component working so well?

I have a 2-core PC and Dave has a 4-core Mac Pro.

In the not-so-distant future we’re going to see "many-core" processors everywhere. Can you imagine an 80-core processor? Believe it.

One would think that Linux developers would be jumping on future multi-core processor technology like gangbusters – but strangely enough they’re not. While Microsoft is normally pegged as being way behind the times, the guys and gals in Redmond are actually ahead of Linux for a change.

I didn’t believe it either but it’s true. Computing power of this nature is as bleeding edge as you can get, and Microsoft is basically saying "Bring it on, let’s go!" while the Linux community is a bit hesitant.

Personally speaking it gives me faith that yes, MS is actually engaging in future tech instead of just sitting on their laurels (something MS could very easily do and get away with it).

Will MS be first when many-core is the standard? It’s a possibility.

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  • Tom Brown

    I’ve been running a 64-bit Linux distribution on a dual-core processor since 09/2006. Yes, it uses both cores. A multi-core processor looks just like a multi-CPU system in Linux. Linux has supported Symmetric Multi-Processing (SMP) for years. Currently, it can support up to 255 CPU’s. I don’t think Windows supports that many.

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