Intel said that it plans to offer new products based on the Intel Many Integrated Core (MIC) architecture, which it claims to create platforms running at trillions of calculations per second, while also retaining the benefits of standard Intel processors.

The Intel Many Integrated Core (MIC) architecture is derived from several of its projects, including ‘Larrabee’ and such Intel Labs research projects as the Single-chip Cloud Computer.

The company said that its first product, codenamed ‘Knights Corner,’ will be made on its 22nm manufacturing process and uses Moore’s Law to scale to more than 50 Intel processing cores on a single chip. Its in-built MIC architecture will help accelerate select highly parallel apps.

Intel claims that its common software tools and optimisation techniques between the MIC architecture and Xeon processors will support diverse programming models that will help scientists, researchers and engineers to increase their pace of discovery and preserve their existing software investments.

The company is currently shipping industry design and development kits codenamed ‘Knights Ferry’ to select developers. It plans to expand the program to deliver a range of developer tools for the MIC architecture, beginning in the second half of 2010.

Kirk Skaugen, vice president and general manager of Intel’s Data Center Group, said : “Intel’s Xeon processors, and now our new Intel Many Integrated Core architecture products, will further push the boundaries of science and discovery as Intel accelerates offerings to some of humanity’s most challenging problems.

“The Intel MIC architecture will extend Intel’s leading HPC products and offerings that are already in nearly 82% of the world’s top supercomputers.”