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  • Intel details teraflops-capable chip

    02/11/2007 5:19:20 PM PST · by Ernest_at_the_Beach · 8 replies · 264+ views
    Yahoo ~ AP ^ | Feb 11, 2007 2 hours, 2 minutes ago | JORDAN ROBERTSON, AP Technology Writer
    SAN JOSE, Calif. - Intel Corp. has designed a computer chip that promises to perform calculations as quickly an entire data center — while consuming as much energy as a light bulb. The world's biggest chipmaker said Sunday it developed a programmable processor that can perform about a trillion calculations per second, or deliver a performance of 1.01 teraflops. It accomplishes this feat while consuming 62 watts of power when the chip is running at a frequency of 3.16 gigahertz.A similarly powerful supercomputer in 1996 at Sandia National Laboratories took up more than 2,000 square feet, used nearly 10,000 Pentium...