Intel unveils new products for high performance computing
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Intel has announced plans to deliver new products based on its Many Integrated Core (MIC) architecture which it claims will create platforms running at trillions of calculations per second.
In an announcement made at the International Supercomputing Conference, the first product, 'Knights Corner', will be made on Intel's 22nm manufacturing process using transistor structures 22billionths of a metre and will scale more than 50 Intel processing cores on a single chip.
Intel claims its MIC architecture will help accelerate applications such as exploration, scientific research and financial or climate simulation.
Design and development kits codenamed 'Knights Ferry' (pictured) are currently shipping to select developers, and from the second half of 2010, Intel says it will deliver a range of developer tools for its MIC architecture.
Intel software tools and optimisation techniques between its MIC architecture and Xeon processors will, says the company, provide 'unprecedented performance'. The MIC architecture is derived from several Intel projects, including 'Larrabee' and projects as the Single-chip Cloud Computer.
"Intel's Xeon processors, and now our new Intel MIC architecture products, will further push the boundaries of science and discovery as Intel accelerates solutions to some of humanity's most challenging problems," said Kirk Skaugen, vice president and general manager of Intel's Data Center Group. "The Intel MIC architecture will extend Intel's leading HPC products and solutions that are already in nearly 82% of the world's top supercomputers. Today's investments are indicative of Intel's growing commitment to the global HPC community."
