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The madness of 'king cores

<h4>80-core servers will add-up to nothing without hypervisors</h4> <p><strong>Opinion</strong> Intel is pumping up its virility through proxies like Michael Dell reminding us of an 80-core chip future. It's impressive, but Intel is a company obsessed to distraction with Moore's Law. It's like watching a crack addict do anything to get the next hit, a doubling of processor performance every 18 months, whatever it takes, in Intel's case.?</p>