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Atom Processors Set New Record For Power-Efficient Sorting

Posted by timothy on from the one-electron-at-a-time dept.

schliz writes "German researchers have set a new record for energy efficient data sorting with a system based on netbook processors and Solid State Disks. The system, dubbed EcoSort, more than tripled the power efficiency of former record holders, leading one of its developers to claim: 'In the long run, many small, power-efficient and cooperating systems are going to replace the so far used, heavy weighted ones.' Records were defined by 'Sort Benchmark,' which was created by missing Microsoft scientist Jim Gray and was now managed by representatives of companies like Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft."

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  1. Re:This is the way we are headed by Anachragnome · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    First off, I apologize for the off-topic post in advance. I couldn't find any contact links to report this.

    The Firehose has been Spam botted. Only 3 of the current 20 or so submissions are actually story submissions, the rest are spam/adverts for everything from acai berry shit to resorts in Goa. Spam posts about every 3 mins now...

    And whats with all the wall-of-text repeat troll posts? They are in pretty much every story thread these days.

    Could someone that knows how, or who, to contact about this (the spam) please do so?