48-core ARM processors already exist[1] but via the vendor Cavium. The takeaway is that multi-core is continuing very much so. edit: I just looked; Intel has H

48-core ARM processors already exist[1] but via the vendor Cavium. The takeaway is that multi-core is continuing very much so. edit: I just looked; Intel has Haswell-based server processors with 24 physical cores[2] [1] http://www.cavium.com/newsevents_Cavium_Introduces_ThunderX_A_2.5_GHz_48_Core_Family_of_Workload_Optimized_Processors_for_Next_Generation_Data_Center_and_Cloud_Applications.html http://www.cavium.com/newsevents_Cavium_Introduces_ThunderX_... [2] http://ark.intel.com/products/93790/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E7-8890-v4-60M-Cache-2_20-GHz http://ark.intel.com/products/93790/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E7-...