Azul Systems introduces 48-core processor

Azul Systems based in Mountain View California has announced their Vega 2 processor which contains 48 64-bit cores. Fabricated by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on a 90 nanometer process, the chip is meant to provide network attached processing power.

The Vega 2 has 812 million transistors. Processors can be stacked to give complete systems of up to 768 cores with 768 gigabytes of memory.

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