This article highlights the continuing difference in views and visions for the future of multicore as discussed at a panel on the topic at the International Solid State Circuits Conference. Often, we think that the other guys know where things are going, but this shows that there is uncertainty in their domain as well.

"As for software, the time to market has been long in the past, but we can't afford to let that be the case in the future."

"With multi-core it's like we are throwing this Hail Mary pass down the field and now we have to run down there as fast as we can to see if we can catch it"