[ShadowAce]

[Izzy Dunne]

a speed 25 million times as fast as the flap of hummingbird wings

The new measure of processor speed: HBW.

[tubebender]

Besides the obvious processing gains, "this translates into a much, much smaller carbon footprint" for companies, he said.

Unnngh... I missed this when I read the story on Breitbart...

[randog]

...the new IBM chip also has massive bandwidth—300 gigabytes per second—which the company says can process the download of the entire iTunes music catalog, currently more than 5 million songs, in about a minute.

Of course, getting that much data to the processor is another story...

[r9etb]

The dramatic performance boost comes as the semiconductor industry has largely shifted its focus away from pure performance measurements ... the chip, which operates at 4.7 gigahertz and cycles at a speed 25 million times as fast as the flap of hummingbird wings....

Hummingbird wings, eh? I guess that means that the more traditional, pure performance-based, "Rhino pulse rate" scale has been replaced?

[Red Badger]

WOW! Porn at the speed of........LIVE!.........

[ikka]

Go ahead, try buying one at a decent price if you are not already an "IBM shop".

Solaris and Linux here, and for a reason ...

[wbill]

Besides the obvious processing gains, "this translates into a much, much smaller carbon footprint" for companies, he said.

Hopefully, they're not using this as a primary selling point. LOL!

I can see the IT folks sitting around the table...."In order to reduce the carbon footprint of our servers, we'll be purchasing these ridculously expensive models, and will need to let 1/2 the staff go....Of course, those that remain will be expected to work 80 hour weeks to make up the difference. BUT, we'll be 'carbon neutral'!!!"

[Psycho_Bunny]

and cycles at a speed 25 million times as fast as the flap of hummingbird wings

What?  Someone has an associative consciousness in dire need of professional analysis.

[Vince Ferrer]

... which operates at 4.7 gigahertz

An even 1,000 times the speed of the original Intel 8086 which powered the first IBM pc.

[martin_fierro]

The dramatic performance boost comes as the semiconductor industry has largely shifted its focus away from pure performance measurements—overheating becomes a major problem as transistors shrink and operate at breakneck speeds—and instead has become more concerned with a balance of performance and power consumption.

Not among the speed freaks I hang out with.

[chilepepper]

just think... if they run Vista on it, it'll be as fast as my Pentium 133 running Linux!