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Intel Squeezes 1.8 TFlops Out of One Processor

Posted by Hemos on from the that's-a-lotta-juice dept.

Jagdeep Poonian writes "It appears as though Intel has been able to squeeze 1.8 TFlops out of one processor and with a power consumption of 62 watts." The AP version of the story is mostly the same; a more technical examination of TeraScale is also available.

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  1. EIGHTY Cores??? by rwyoder · · Score: 4, Funny

    64 cores should be enough for anybody.

  2. Re:What kinds of apps does this make reasonable? by truthsearch · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does it suddenly make previously crappy technologies worthwhile?

    Vista?

    (Sorry, couldn't resist.)

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  3. Re:What kinds of apps does this make reasonable? by DoofusOfDeath · · Score: 5, Funny

    Clippy?

    "It looks like you're writing a five-page essay on the role of the Judicial branch during periods of famine in the late 1850's."

  4. Re:What kinds of apps does this make reasonable? by Intron · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sorry, your post made me realize that a sophisticated processor is unnecessary. It's already difficult to tell whether a message is from a human or just a randomly generated string of nonsense.

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  5. You won't notice a performance difference... by Dekortage · · Score: 4, Funny

    They've already allocated 40 cores to the RIAA and MPAA for DRM processing, 30 cores to NSA/Homeland Security surveillance of all your computing activities, and 6 cores to combat spam and phishing. In the end, there is no net gain in performance over today's processors. Sorry.

    (tongue firmly planted in cheek)

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  6. About time... by nadamucho · · Score: 5, Funny

    Looks like Intel finally put the "80" in 80x86.