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Intel Promises A Cool Billion (Transistors)
NevDull writes: "CNN is reporting that Intel has announced new semiconductor packaging which will lead to CPUs with a billion transistors running at 20GHz within 6 years. Yummy!" The advance here is removing the balls of solder between the chip's packaging and the microprocessor core, which leaves room for more transistors (or a thinner package). Like it says, though, this is years away from your pocket Cray.
Intel already removed the balls from a processor... it was called "Celeron".
If I tried to put that thing in my pocket it'd burn a hole through my leg!
to create an OS so bloated that you need a 20 Ghz chip to run it. ::Sigh::
If I can't see it in Lynx I'm not interested.
...or are you just happy to see me?
A cray in your pocket? It would better have some good cooling then, or you'd get some nice pick up lines.
Him: Hey, baby, you make me feel *hot*.
Her: Just take that cray out of your pants, geek boy.
I intend to live forever, so far so good.
Now we will have a 20GHz processor which will tell us that 4+4 is 7.9999999999 approximately :-D
Well, it would be a Pocket SGI, wouldn't it? Palm OS with 1024 bit math! I can just imagine the sales pitch:
"How many times have you been sitting on the bus, in need of some quick supercomputing? You're 20 minutes from the office and you just need to solve Planck's Theorem RIGHT NOW. That's why you need the Palm 2.5e+12!"
The Dopester
"Yes, I'm a Karma Whore, but I'm doing it to pay my way through school."
Imagine.
Just today, Intel announced the release of the Pentium 5 processor. The new processor runs at 50 Ghz. It features a 300-stage pipeline. It will take 2 minutes for each instruction to complete on average. But to optomize, programmers can send 1800 intructions at a time, as long as they have no dependence on each other at all.
Intel today announced its new 1024-bit (1 kilobit) microprocessor architecture technology. Named the Shiitakeum, Intel's new processor core boasts powerful new technologies which will enable content providers to deliver compelling enterprise solutions.
The Shiitakeum incorporates the following new features:
* SingleAtom technology squeezes one thousand transistors into a single atom.
* The processing pipeline has been broken down into 299,792,458 discreet steps, enabling Intel to remove the internal clock altogether and run the processor at the speed of light. One "cycle" represents the absolute cosmic measure unit of time, and all operations occur in one cycle. (Compete with that, AMD! Bwahaahahahaha!!)
* 24,856 new instructions have been added since the previous model, bringing the new total to over 72 trillion instructions. The entire UNIX operating system can be programmed in one instruction!
* RAM has been depreciated. 4 terabytes of internal general-use registers allow software to make more efficient data access, providing a more compelling Internet experience.
* Intel (r) AnswerNow (tm) Technology bends the space-time continuum, allowing the results of branch instructions and mathematical operations to be used before they are computed. The computations take place during idle cycles at some future time.
* Intel (r) CodeSpirit (tm) Technology processes machine code by its spirit, rather than its letter, completely eliminating software bugs and preventing malicious code, such as a virus, from executing.
* Intel (r) AlienCode (tm) Technology, based on CodeSpirit, allows users to execute programs written for any other processor, without previous knowledge of that processor's instruction set. The technology examines and "decyphers" the instructions and data in much the same way that scientists decypher written languages used by past civilizations. Via AnswerNow and CodeSpirit technologies, programs written for other processors actually run faster and better on Intel platforms than on their native processor. As a side effect, the processor now directly executes programs and scripts written in Java or any P-code or text-based language. In fact, even instructions spelled out in English are understood and executed by the processor.
* Intel (r) BrainWaves (tm) Technology allows the processor to read and write information in the user's mind. The processor is given away for free, and based on the user's thoughts, targetted advertisements are inserted directly into the user's mind. The process is painless, and simply feels like a song stuck in your head. A nominal (i.e., expensive) fee can be paid daily to eliminate the advertisements.
The Intel Shiitakeum Processor. Mushrooms Inside.
>The advance here is removing the balls of solder between the chip's packaging and the microprocessor core
:)
Was I the only one who twitched when reading this?
oh man... I am a geek..... help!!
--- Metamoderating abusive downgraders since my 300th post.
Easy Bake Processors*!!
Cook your favorite Goodies, and process your RC5/SETI packets fast! Purchase the Space heater for those cold nights in the Dorm/Batchlor-pad *Keep away from combustable material, do not touch Processor, Case, or desk. Intel coproration is not responcable for injury or death.
Anime : Drugs would be cheaper