A 1,000-core processor is such wonderful overkill

I don't need a 1,000-core processor. You don't need a 1,000-core processor. The NSA doesn't need a 1,000-core processor. But that doesn't stop me from wanting one. My pointless dream is one step closer to reality thanks to the work of researchers at UC Davis, who have created a chip called "KiloCore," a processor with 1,000 independent cores capable of computing 1.78 trillion instructions per second. Damn. DON'T MISS: A week with iOS 10: It's fantastic, and I'm bored The KiloCore chip was fabric...