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Submission + - 1.01 teraflops using the same power as a lightbulb

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SpaceAdmiral

on Monday February 12, 2007 @02:08AM

SpaceAdmiral writes: "Intel has designed a processor capable of 1.01 trillion floating point operations per second (FLOPS) that uses only 62 watts of power. Although the chip may not make it to market in its current incarnation, it's an important proof of concept that could lead to commercial versions."

Submission + - Intel squeezes 1.8 TFlops out of one processor

Submitted by

jagzjagz

on Monday February 12, 2007 @01:49AM

jagzjagz writes: "It appears as though Intel has been able to squeeze 1.8 TFlops out of one processor, as indicated here: http://www.tgdaily.com/2007/02/11/intel_80_core/ . Intel has been able to make an 80 core research CPU. Where will they go next?"

Submission + - Intel's 80 Core Terascale Chip Explored

Submitted by

Ryan

on Monday February 12, 2007 @01:32AM

Ryan writes: "Yesterday Intel showed off new information on their research program based around the 80-core terascale processor known as Polaris. While the 80 seperate cores setup in a 10x8 2D grid are very simplified with only a couple of floating point units on each tile, the potential for projects like this and their implications on future CPU design is going to be dramatic. PC Perspective has an article that looks at the architecture of the current chip as well as the surrounding landscape for such a design including I/O requirements and software development."

Feed Intel Details Teraflops Chip (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Sunday February 11, 2007 @09:12PM

A new computer chip developed by Intel promises to perform calculations as quickly an entire data center, while consuming as much energy as a light bulb. By the Associated Press.

Submission + - Girls of Engineering pin up calendar ?

Submitted by bongey on Sunday February 11, 2007 @07:21PM

bongey writes: Thought this was funny , seems some engineering students got together and talked some of the woman engineers at U of I to take some racy photos for a calendar . Needless to say the title of the calendar is smart is sexy . All I can say is where can I get a copy. http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/246420,CST-NWS- calendar07.article

Submission + - Intel tests 80 Core chip

Submitted by Zeinfeld on Sunday February 11, 2007 @06:33PM

Zeinfeld writes: Intel has announced a test chip with 80 cores. The chip has a nominal processing capacity of over a teraflop. Whether the chip actually delivers that performance over a sustained interval on real processing problems is another question. Also unmentioned is how the issue of heat dissipation is dealt with. It is probably going to be a while before such chips are production.

This marks a major departure from tactics such as introducing more parallelism into the processor core and adding more cache memory that have been the norm since 64 mainstream processors reached 64 bits.

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