Intel Wants to Make Processor 48 "Core" for "Smartphone"

What happens if a smartphone in the palm of the hand can run as fast as mainstream desktop computers or even supercomputers?

In five to ten years, it will become a reality. That period of time it takes the processor Intel is developing a smartphone with the number of CPU cores (core) up to 48 pieces.

For what number of processor cores that much? "I think, with more mengarahnya methods of interaction are becoming increasingly natural, human, hence the need for the performance will go up anyway," said Chief Tecnhology Intel, Justin Rattner, as quoted from Cnet.

"In terms of energy use, most efficient way to enhance performance is to increase the number of processor cores," Rattner said.

Rattner refers to these types of interfaces, such as speech recognition, augmented reality, and other things similar. Increasingly popular method of interaction, the need for processing power will increase.

Currently, smartphone or tablet has the most number of processor core four. Intel's Atom chip itself only has a single core.

The number of nuclei that allow a lot more devices to divide the tasks to different cores and work on them simultaneously. For example, one core assigned to encrypt e-mail while the other running applications or games.Each processor core did not have to have the same speed. Some who got the heavy duty can run at top speed, while only gets light duty can run at low speed to save power.

In this way, connected devices will be faster and more efficient about energy use.Increase the number of processor cores is not new. The desktop computer has been since many years ago to apply to many core processors.With more than one processor core has also been the norm found in mobile gadgets, such as those using the NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor or Samsung Exynos.However, although software that can take advantage of the core is still not as much as it can be imagined, with a 48-core mobile processor will certainly open up many possibilities.

Patrick Moorhead of Moor Insights and analysis agency Strategy says that the number of cores that more and more intelligent software that will eventually make mobile gadgets can completely replace the function of a desktop computer."Imagine, all of the computers that I need to be in hand. When I stepped into the office, it will automatically connect to monitors and other devices via the wireless interface. In a flash I was able to interact via touch screen, keyboard, mouse, or voice recognition. It will change the concept and definition of mobile device capabilities, "he said.