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  Each core in Knights Corner runs at 1.2GHz, is supported by
  512-bit vector processing units, has 8MB of cache, and four
  threads per core.

That's 200 simultaneous threads. Wow. That's almost like a GPU.

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That's because it is a GPU. It's Larrabee. Intel couldn't get enough graphics performance out of it to compete with GeForce and Radeon in the graphics card market. However, they can still compete in the GPGPU market, where the specialized graphics hardware that GeForce and Radeon have is less of an advantage, and Larrabee's x86 compatibility is actually useful. Intel is afraid that GPGPU is going to encroach on their CPU turf, and this is their answer.

Larrabee is that you?

Or a Sun Niagra.

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