IBM ready to launch eight-core Power7 chip

IBM appears set to launch an eight-core Power7 chip, if reports over at The Register are correct. Documents showed the Power7 chips scaling to 4.0GHz in 2010 on a 45nm process. Each core will yield 32 gigaflops of computing performance, or 256 gigaflops per chip. In terms of raw performance, the Power7 will be twice as fast per core as today's dual-core Power6 chips. What's more, indications point to the Power7 chips being packed in a dual-chip module; hence each package will sport a grand total of 16 cores.  Moving ahead, IBM has an architect in place for 2U systems that can be combined to form a massive unit with up to 1,024 cores and 2TB of memory.

For more about the report:
- check out this The Register article