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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. "Soon to be in prototype" by psyconaut · · Score: 4, Informative

    Chips are virtually fabricated and tested well before the first bit of silicon is etched....you can actually be pretty sure of both a chips performance and reliability just from simulations these days. Also, having to etch development chips constantly is both expensive and time consuming....so the longer you can leave a design in virtual space, the better.

    -psy