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Four Core Processor to Bring Tera Ops

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the whole-lotta-ops dept.

panhandler writes "As reported at CNet and the Austin American Statesman, researchers at UT are working with IBM on a new CPU architecture called TRIPS (Tera-op Reliable Intelligently adaptive Processing System). According to IBM, 'at the heart of the TRIPS architecture is a new concept called 'block-oriented execution"' which will result in a processor capable of executing more than 1 trillion operations per second."

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  1. Better link by Textbook+Error · · Score: 5, Informative

    A somewhat more informative link for more info. Would it really kill submitters to put a link to the actual project in their submission...

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    Nae bother
  2. Only 32 Billion Now by Nazmun · · Score: 4, Informative

    The four cores add up to only 32 billion operations right now according to the CNet article. They project that they won't reach 1 trillion until 2010.

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    Hmmm... Pie...
  3. I just wanted to say... by boola-boola · · Score: 4, Informative

    ....that I've had Doug Burger and Steve Keckler as professors here at UT, and not only do they know their stuff, but they're great professors as well, and they really seem to intimately care about the technology. They have a great sense of humor too (such as Dr. Burger complaining that he doesn't even have root access to his own machines :-P)