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Image processing, etc.
Another perspective:

Yes, OS support for large numbers of threads is a big problem. In 5 years, maybe that will be resolved; MS surely knows now that it is an issue.

What can you do with 80 cores? Lots of image processing (photo editing, video editing, etc.). These things generally parallelize well.

Or games: I'm sure game developers will find creative ways to use these threads for much more detailed character logic, physics simulations, etc.

Will grandma who only uses web and email and maybe Word need this? Probably not. Will I need it to try to find the little snippet of grandma in the terabytes of video I'm accumulating, when I'm trying to cobble together a little video show at the last minute before Thanksgiving dinner? Yes!
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80?  CobraA1 | 09/26/06
80 Cores is no problem...  BitTwiddler | 09/26/06
I wonder ...  Henaway | 09/26/06
I agree  CobraA1 | 09/26/06
I figured it all out.  nucrash | 09/26/06
You left off a view  mrlinux | 09/26/06
Spyware, viruses, and WGA eat all 80 cores  swoopee | 09/26/06
and that's why  nix_hed | 09/27/06
How to use 80 cores  Suicida| | 09/26/06
Very easy to have 50 cores utilized with Java  mighetto | 09/26/06
To answer your question, BSD UNIX i.e.: Mac OS X  gtdworak | 09/26/06
How to use 80 cores  borandi | 09/26/06
Image processing, etc.  kwahoo | 09/26/06
Message has been deleted.  BeGoneFool | 09/26/06
thet became core envy but not savy ... happy  michael_t | 09/26/06
Hmmm...  zkiwi | 09/26/06
Let's see..  Wolfie2K3 | 09/27/06
No point in having 80 cores if  zzz1234567890 | 09/26/06
computer on a chip  zzz1234567890 | 09/26/06
Gee...  Wolfie2K3 | 09/27/06
MAME performance  #_z | 09/26/06
Intel also whining that if US healthcare system doesn't get fixed, they'll  HypnoToad | 09/26/06
Sorry Intel IBM's cell chip is alread there...!!  rshimizu12@... | 09/26/06
From the company that brought you OS/2 and Pover PC NT  TonyMcS | 09/26/06
Intel went from core-less to core-crazy. Is excess the right answer ?  Dr-T | 09/26/06
Beowulf  mobrien_12@... | 09/26/06
Beofuld is a cluster but the 80 core system is an SMP on a chip.  michael_t | 09/26/06
Ummm YEAH  mobrien_12@... | 09/26/06
If Intel comes out with more than 8 cores  BCF1968 | 09/26/06
be shocked. Intel already sells 8 core chips  Prognosticator | 09/27/06
I am shocked  BCF1968 | 09/28/06

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