Intel Squeezes 1.8 TFlops Out of One Processor

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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Pinch one loose

[jrmiller84]

"Intel Squeezes 1.8 TFlops Out of One Processor"

In other news, AMD pinches a 1.9 TFlops loaf out of one processor

Re:What kinds of apps does this make reasonable?

[danlock4]

I used to teach 5th grade computer class, and please do not underestimate the power of Clippy(tm). I would instruct my students to remove Clippy, as I have done per habit for so long, but they would rebel. I recall at least several classes where Clippy hypnotized my class (and kept them preoccupied and easy to deal with.)

*sniffle* The things 5th graders get to use these days! Why, when I was a lad, we didn't get access to computers until 6th grade, but we learned BASIC programming, darn it! (The school had about four CBM Pet machines with built-in green monochrome CRTs.) There was no Clippy to waste our time!