20 years in IT history: Connectivity

Sometimes it is even best avoided.

2005: Multicore Processors

AMD, the microprocessor manufacturer, announced the first multicore microprocessor. Shortly thereafter, Intel follows suit.

PS/2, NeXT and OOPs, Netware 3 Archie, Linux, Windows Mosaic, Spam and More, Convergence The Dotcoms, Distributed Compution, XML Wireless and Y2K, Millennial Change and Angst, Blogs Sarbanes-Oxley, Virtualization, ERP Hangover Multicore Processors, The Network, The iPhone

Multicore computing is understood as a new solution to the problem of improving processor performance, but it might be much more than that.