Tachyum Teases 128-Core CPU: 5.7 GHz, 950W, 16 DDR5 Channels
When Tachyum unveiled the concept of its Prodigy Universal Processor at Hot Chips 18, it made quite a splash with a chip designed to run any code using a dynamic binary translator. It demonstrated high performance when executing both native and translated code. It took the company a while to design the actual hardware, taking pre-orders on evaluation kits (opens in new tab); the company also discloses the exact specifications of its Prodigy. They certainly look impressive, but they are also scary with a 950W thermal…