We're gonna learn lots of new Greek numbers -- Intel is already selling "octacosacore" CPUs for servers.

[eppur_se_muova]

That's 28 cores.

And 288-core CPUs -- not GPUs -- have already been announced.

[lastlib]

1. Oooh, I want one!

That's gotta have some zip!

[eppur_se_muova]

2. Price tag to go with. nt

[lastlib]

3. Why I just want one.....

...and not GETTING one!

I just bought my first new computer in years--a core i9 (24 cores), 5.4 GHz---$2,100. Ouch! With a few add-ons, software, including a color laser printer, I dropped $3,500. So I won't be buying up for a LO-O-O-NNNNG while..........

[nealr]

4. more cores are the best cores

I have an elderly, shaky HP Z420 workstation right now - a twelve core machine that is now twelve years old. The logical replacement is a fourteen core Z440 that would be only eight or nine years old ... but I light up all twelve so rarely I just don't care in terms of speed. Twenty eight seems like massive overkill, unless you've got a very specific application for it.

[eppur_se_muova]

5. I do a lot of numerical/scientific computing, so I'm used to 98%+ utilization of whatever's there.

More cores just mean I can tackle bigger jobs AND get them done faster.