256-core units are already available: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.mellanox.com&#x2F;page&#x2F;products_dyn?product_family=241" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.mellanox.com&#x2F;page&#x2F;products_dyn?product_family=241</a> . They&#x27;re kinda hard to use, and most programmers would much rather have a single fast processor than a zillon cores.