Power 7 CPU - 8 cores

[dammy]

And they're rapidly selling their second run too.  I have one waiting for me at home.

So, not only did they sell they are also selling.  

So they are closing in on 100 total units sold?

[dammy]

"Moore's Law is boned in the long run anyway"

I don't think computational power is in any danger of peaking anytime soon.
It will just be moved to more multiprocessor tech.

Maybe the # of cores will begin to double every 2 years instead of computational speed of each core. Its still doubling processor power.

8 and 16 core desktops will be commonplace soon enough. But yes, this will just lead to less and less efficient software I think.

Or a redesign of how software is coded like how they did for gfx cards with hundreds of cores.