Tilera Adds a 36-core Chip

Tilera announced yesterday that it has updated its line of many-core processors to include a 36-core processor in an attempt to broaden its market reach. You’ll remember that Tilera first made news when it announced a 64-core chip last year.

The TilePro36 "is giving us a midrange product. This type of device would be used in a high-end video conferencing (system)," said Bob Doud, who is the director of marketing at Tilera. The TilePro36 chip is also targeted at applications such as networking and security applications. "Anything in the one- to five-gigabit-per-second range," Doud said.

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