Intel intends to double up the number of cores per chip and add a brand new language code for the upcoming processor generations. Intel’s Core i7 will start applying manufacturing process shrink down from 45 nanometers to 32 during 2009. It will however be replaced with new architecture codenamed Sandy Bridge by 2010, which will double the number of cores per die to eight. Intel will reportedly introduce a new instruction set termed Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) that will ultimately supersede the Streaming SIMD Extensions (SSE) found in today’s Core 2 and eventual Core i7 designs. The improvement will double the size of instructions to 256 bits and will optionally perform as many as four calculations in a single instruction. The extensions should accelerate performance in media encoding, 3D modeling. These planned upgrades are not the end of the story. As you can see in the slideshow, Intel has also come up with long term plan covering until 2012. Intel promises substantial improvement by then. Intel is believed to be confirming some or all of this information at next week’s Intel Developer Forum, which will primarily focus on Core i7. [Electronista]
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