Ask HN: How many CPU cores do you personally own?

#1

Post by KevBurnsJr » Wed, May 30, 2012, 10:51 PM UTC

How many CPU cores do you personally own across all devices in your posession? What's the national average?

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Post by readme » Wed, May 30, 2012, 10:52 PM UTC

6

    quad core pc
    dual core mobile device

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Post by Saavedro » Wed, May 30, 2012, 10:57 PM UTC

If we're only counting x86/ARM, 10.

     x86:
       * Quad core PC
       * Dual core Macbook
     ARM:
       * Two dual-core android devices (phone, tablet)

Course, there's the PPC Xbox 360. I have no idea what's in my internet blu-ray player.. I'd bet it's ARM.

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Post by Fizzadar » Wed, May 30, 2012, 11:25 PM UTC

12: 4 iMac 4 PC 2 Macbook Air 2 iPhone

Technically I also own 16x4 core servers in Germany as well, totalling 76 cores!

edit: ps3/wii also, but not sure on the core counts

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Post by marssaxman » Thu, May 31, 2012, 12:14 AM UTC

seven: two dual-core Mac minis, an Atom-based netbook, and a Galaxy Nexus...

...plus the ones in my synthesizer, drum machine, and camera, I suppose. There's probably one in the router, too.

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Post by aidenn0 » Thu, May 31, 2012, 12:24 AM UTC

I have dozens of microcontrollers for my own development projects, and I would estimate ~100 in various consumer devices.

Something I'm looking for an excuse to buy would add 288 cores with a single PCB:

http://www.greenarraychips.com/home/products/

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#7

Post by SlipperySlope » Thu, May 31, 2012, 12:34 AM UTC

I am a software developer - so more cores than many. 2 x 4 core 1 x 2 core 2 x 1 core 4 x 1 core cell phone total 16 cores other than appliances

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Post by latch » Thu, May 31, 2012, 12:36 AM UTC

3: Dual core air, smartphone.

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Post by SkyMarshal » Thu, May 31, 2012, 12:59 AM UTC

Including hyperthreaded cores, or not?

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Post by joezydeco » Thu, May 31, 2012, 2:24 AM UTC

Hmm, good question.

  Two cars: probably 50 in one and 20 in the other.
  iMac including internal/external peripherals: 10?
  2 iDevices: 8 more (CPU, touch controller, GSM modules?)
  My kitchen probably has 10-20 in various appliances.
  Kids toys and video games: probably 40-50.
  Cameras: 4-5
  Almost every SD card has an ARM core, so 30 more there.
  TV sets, Sat decoder, DVR: another 10?

I'd say 200 easily. I'd guess most households are somewhere around this number.