George Chrysos, the leading architect of Intel Xeon Phi co-processor shared the new architecture details of upcoming Intel's HPC powerhouse. Designed for highly-parallel applications, Intel Xeon Phi co-processor based on Intel Mani Integrated Core architecture will deliver the combination of industry leading performance per watt with the ability to re-use the existing code and applications without necessity of re-writing them. Equipped with more than 50 cores and built using Intel's latest 22nm 3D Tri-gate transistor technology, new co-processors will be in production this year with first supercomputers from top500 list already taking advantage of this technology.
Under the Armor of Knights Corner: Intel MIC Architecture at Hotchips 2012
1. Intel® Xeon Phi™ coprocessor
(codename Knights Corner)
George Chrysos
Senior Principal Engineer
Hot Chips, August 28, 2012
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