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Intel, Microsoft Fund Multicore Research

Future products call for chips with many more microprocessors

By Laila Weir, Newser User

Posted Mar 17, 2008 12:50 PM CDT

(Newser) – Intel and Microsoft will fund researchers at two universities working on new programming techniques for multicore chips, sources told the Wall Street Journal. The companies will reportedly provide $2 million annually for five years, to speed the development of chips that can contain dozens—or... Read full story »

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