Scarecrow Man Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 Computing took a leap forward when chipmakers started putting more than one core—or central brain—on a single chip. It was a way to make machines work harder even as they consumed less power. Just wait until a single chip can sport 80 cores. The wait won't be long. Chipmaking giant Intel (INTC) on Feb. 11 said it has successfully produced just such a chip, the size of a fingernail, capable of processing a mind-boggling 1 trillion calculations a second. The chip, which Intel claims is the fastest ever made, could start being used commercially in "in five years, if not sooner," Intel Chief Technology Officer Justin Rattner says. ...The test chip also demonstrates chipmakers' ability to continue to increase dramatically the number of processors placed on a tiny sliver of silicon. Just 10 years ago, a cluster of supercomputers capable of processing the same amount of calculations took up more than 2,000 square feet and consumed a half-megawatt of electricity. The new Intel chip, which does not yet use the standard x86 architecture common to most PCs and servers, consumes an average 62 watts of energy—less than some chips on the market today. It also takes a novel approach of stacking memory in three dimensions directly on top of the chip, creating an architecture that would transfer information at lightning speed.Full Story :0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan2273 Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 What is the point of bringing out these multi core CPU's when the software writers cannot produce programs to run on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted February 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 Very good point.This is a future plan I have read to have companies like Microsoft and Apple work closely with Intel to develop applications that use the chip to it's full capacity. I hope someone workin on Linux will come up with it first, and release it as Open Source. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan2273 Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 Very good point.I hope someone workin on Linux will come up with it first, and release it as Open Source. ;)Yes that would be great. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coreper Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 i dont know who or where, but they are also experimenting with using carbon as a replacement in your chips. This will make it a lot faster, sorry that i dont know more about this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan2273 Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 An article on Carbon nanotubes.http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/...61106144939.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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