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

6 points by KevBurnsJr 14 years ago | 11 comments

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

joezydeco 14 years ago |

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.

zissou 14 years ago |

My list:

1 Intel i72700k desktop (4c), 1 Intel i72670qm HP laptop (4c), 1 Intel i3330m Acer laptop (2c), 1 AMD Phenom II x6 1100t desktop (6c), 1 AMD Phenom II x4 830 desktop (4c), 1 AMD C60 Acer laptop (2c), 1 Tegra II Viewsonic gtablet (1c), 1 Tegra II Droid X phone (1c), and an ARM in the Raspberry Pi (1c).

Looks like I notch in at 25. I'm in a technology/business related research field.

aidenn0 14 years ago |

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/

Saavedro 14 years ago |

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.

Fizzadar 14 years ago |

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

SlipperySlope 14 years ago |

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

thomasnno 14 years ago |

16 cores in conventional pcs(2 laptops, 2 desktops), a wii, an iphone and a kindle, so 19 total

readme 14 years ago |

    quad core pc
    dual core mobile device

marssaxman 14 years ago |

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.

SkyMarshal 14 years ago |

Including hyperthreaded cores, or not?

latch 14 years ago |

3: Dual core air, smartphone.

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?