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Intel has done that in the past, actually, their first "dual core" chip (2005) was actually two chips in a package. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_D htt
by greglindahl 8y ago
Intel has done that in the past, actually, their first "dual core" chip (2005) was actually two chips in a package.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_D https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_D
- hajile 8y agoThere was a major difference though. Intel's chips communicated over the front-side-bus (not a great solution considering how FSB was already far inferior to HyperTransport).
- greglindahl 8y agoSure, that's why the startup I was one of the founders of in that era built a HyperTransport-attached InfiniBand adapter. Intel wasn't very competitive in the supercomputing space back then.