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Clearspeed Makes Tall Claims for Future Chip

Posted by michael on from the pound-of-salt dept.

Josuah writes "ClearSpeed Technology announced today a new multithreaded array processor named the CS301. Their press release states the chip can achieve 25Gflops for only 3W of power. New Scientist and TechNewsWorld have articles on this chip, each with more information about the chip. I wondering if this is too good to be true." The key phrase is in the Wired story: "Soon to be in prototype, the chip...". "Soon to be in prototype" is synonymous with "does not exist".

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  1. In other news... by Ikeya · · Score: 3, Funny

    Today it was announced that Duke Nukem Forever would be optimized to run on the new CS301 processor develpoed by a new firm called ClearSpeed Technology. It is said that with this newfound processing speed, Duke Nukem Forever will be the most realistic game ever realeased.

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    1. Re:In other news... by sixdotoh · · Score: 2, Funny

      In a similar article, Microsoft released a statement saying they are pushing back the release date of "Longhorn" until the CS301 is ready for home desktop use.

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  2. Skeptical by cybermace5 · · Score: 4, Funny

    As well as the fact that I've seen this press release trolled by AC's on Slashdot.

    25Gflops on 3W? That must be some unorthodox technology at work there. Anyone hear anything about some research corporation finding an amazing processor in a robot from the future?

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    1. Re:Skeptical by 24-bit+Voxel · · Score: 2, Funny

      Sitting somewhere in infinite isolation, Marvin the Robot sits and sighs in abject misery. He ponders the loss of his right arm; parts from it used to spit out nothing but 1's and 0's in a small beige box. 1's and 0's, 0's and 1's. Marvin let's out a small mechanical sigh of solitude and begins counting backwards from infinity to 0, in binary.

  3. unfortunately for them... by dustmote · · Score: 2, Funny

    unfortunately for them, the proof is too big for them to fit in this margin...

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  4. Onyxruby's law by onyxruby · · Score: 3, Funny

    Onyxruby's law:

    The amount of hype per inch produced by marketing doubles every 18 months.

    With apologies to Moore ;) /me reminded of when apple tried claiming the imac as supercomputer.

  5. Re:Old US GOVT Black Ops Technology by KaiserZoze_860 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes, I see...

    Ordinary x86 by day, but SuperComputer by night. I wonder what the theme song will be...

  6. Typo In Story Title by gadders · · Score: 2, Funny

    It should read: "Clearspeed Makes Tall Claims for Fictional Chip"

  7. I'll be back(ing... over my dog) by Spyral999 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm sure that cyberdyne chip is working out well for them... But what are they going to do with the arm? Juggling? Labyrinth-esque sphere stuff? I kinda shudder to think...

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