What do you mean "is this where your ram comes from?" I don't understand that part. But yes, next gen consoles and PC are going to be multicore. PS3 is running on CELL which is built from the ground up to be multicore, XBOX2 is also multicore. It's funny how both of them are using Mac (IBM actually) G5 chips (or variations of) as their main processor. But the main thing is that these processors will be useless if no one takes advantage of them. Programmers are going to have to learn how to use multicore to their advantage to make a difference. IBM, Sony, and Toshiba are going to release an open source compiler for people to learn how to do that kind of stuff sometime this year.