64-Core Desktop Processors to Emerge in 2012

So we just pourchased a new server, 4 cores .. pretty spiffy right ? Yet Forrester Research analysts believe server processors will get 64 cores next year and that the same number of cores is expected in desktop processors by 2012. However, to fully take advantage of so many cores software makers will need to get ready:

While the era of multi-core computing is here, application development teams must embrace new programming approaches to reap the full performance and economic benefits of the new hardware. The new