Adapteva's 1,024-core Epiphany V mega-chip packs serious wallop

Back in 2010, an Intel researcher said 1,000-core processors would be feasible. We're in that era, and the race to make chips faster and more power efficient is gaining steam.The latest mega-chip is a 1,024-core processor called Epiphany V, which was announced by Adapteva on Wednesday. Adapteva claims it will have enough juice to outperform some of the latest gaming and server processors.It has a mere 24 more cores than the 1,000-core KiloCore, a test chip made by researchers at University of Ca