Intel has demo’ed its 80 core device in Beijing at the Intel Developer’s Forum.  It was clocked at 1 TFLOP consuming 45 Watts and 2 TFLOPS at 190+ Watts (!)

Intel confirms programmable, multi-core chip

The 7th International Forum on Application-Specific Multi-Processor SoC
(MPSoc) will be held 25 – 29 June 2007 at Awaji Island, Hyogo, Japan.  See the conference web site for more details.

EE Times reports on the new thread checking tools for multicore software from Intel.  Of course, the future of threads for multicore is still being debated (See:  The Problem with Threads).

Intel tools support multicore CPUs

EE Times reports that Cradle Technologies, an early pioneer in multicore DSP, is reducing staff and preparing to sell the company.

Cradle cuts staff, seeks buyer

Last week was the Multicore Expo in Santa Clara.  The theme in this 2nd year seems to be ‘where are the tools?’  The EE Times has an article covering the event at:  Dearth of tools could stall multicore onslaught