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Tilera, Intel, AMD, IBM, and Sun discuss the future of Multicore design in ISSCC panel

Tilera CTO Agarwal Predicts 4,096-core Processor by 2017 in ISSCC Panel Discussion

SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 6, 2008 - Tilera Corporation’s Chief Technology Officer, Dr. Anant Agarwal, predicted that embedded processors could reach 4,096 cores by 2017 during a panel discussion at the International Solid State Circuits Conference Wednesday. The panel discussed the future of multicore designs and included senior chip designers from Sun Microsystems, IBM, Intel, Advanced Micro Devices and Renesas.

Dr. Agarwal’s prediction of multicore growth, which was much more aggressive than the other panelists, was based on a multicore model consisting of homogenous collections of general-purpose cores which would enable software to remain simple. Agarwal said that the question is not whether this will happen but whether we will be ready for it with the software that can take advantage of it

“As always, ISSCC was a great opportunity to exchange ideas with people throughout the industry” said Dr. Agarwal. “The panels are always thought provoking and it was interesting to hear everyone’s thoughts on where the industry is going and soon it will get there.”

The panelists included Shekhar Borkar, Intel, Hillsboro, OR; Atsushi Hasegawa, Renesas Technology, Tokyo, Japan; Rick Hetherington, Sun MIcrosystems, Sunnyvale, CA; Brad McCredie, IBM, Austin, TX; Chuck Moore, AMD,Sunnyvale, CA.

Dr. Agarwal is a pioneer in multicore architecture and the founder of Tilera, a multicore technology based on a mesh architecture that can scale to hundreds and even thousands of cores. Tilera’s first product, the TILE64™, is the world’s highest performance embedded processor offering 10x the performance of a dual-core Intel Xeon and 30x the performance per watt.

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About Tilera
Tilera Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company and the industry leader in highly scalable multicore embedded processor design. Tilera's processors are based on a new mesh architecture that scales to hundreds of full-featured cores on a single chip. The distributed nature of Tilera's revolutionary iMesh™ architecture provides an unprecedented combination of performance, power efficiency and programming flexibility. Founded in October, 2004 and launched its first product, the 64-core TILE64 processor in August 2007. Tilera is venture funded by Bessemer Venture Partners, Walden International, Columbia Capital and VentureTech Alliance. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. and operates a research and development facility in Westborough, Mass.

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