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In '''2006''':
 
In '''2006''':
 
   
 
   
 
* January 5: Rapport introduces the {{rapport|KC256}}, a 256-core microprocessor. This is the first member of the {{rapport|Kilocore}} family, a massively parallel chip architecture.
 
* January 5: Rapport introduces the {{rapport|KC256}}, a 256-core microprocessor. This is the first member of the {{rapport|Kilocore}} family, a massively parallel chip architecture.
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* June 13: [[Raza Micro]] acquires [[Alchemy]] from [[AMD]]
  
 
* August 24: [[SPEC]] releases the [[CPU2006]] benchmarking suite
 
* August 24: [[SPEC]] releases the [[CPU2006]] benchmarking suite

Latest revision as of 11:48, 28 May 2018

2006
Unix Time1136073600 - 1167609599
Years

In 2006:

  • January 5: Rapport introduces the KC256, a 256-core microprocessor. This is the first member of the Kilocore family, a massively parallel chip architecture.
  • October 9: Cavium announces a new family of multi-core communication processors, the OCTEON Plus.
  • November 29: MathStar introduced their 2nd generation FPOA, the Arrix family.