In the February 20, 2006 EE Times, Clive Maxwell discusses various approaches to chip multiprocessing in his article Reconfigurable cores boost processor power.

Simon Davidmann, CEO of UK start-up Imperas, writes about multicore tools issues in the TechOnLine article Rethinking Multi-Processing System Design and Verification.

The Research Accelerator for Multiple Processors (RAMP) is a new project involving Berkeley, Stanford, MIT, CMU and others to produce an FPGA-based platform for use in researching multiprocessor architectures. Their most recent meeting was at the 2nd Workshop on Architecture Research using FPGA Platforms (WARFP-2006) in Austin, TX. This was part of the larger 12th International Symposium on High-Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA-12 )

Intel plans to ship its first quad core server chip in 2007. Justin Rattner of Intel points out that significant challenges arise at eight to sixteen processors. Memory bandwidth and software issues were cited.

IBM is moving its Cell multiprocessor from gaming into business-oriented blade servers.

MIPS announced their new multithreded 34k Family of synthesizable cores today. The 34k family supports two Virtual Processor Elements and up to five Thread Contexts.