On 05/04/2011 06:39 AM, Christopher Bergström wrote: > On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 5:33 PM, Eugen Leitl <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> http://spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductors/processors/chinese-chip-wins-energyefficiency-crown?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IeeeSpectrum+%28IEEE+Spectrum%29&utm_content=Bloglines >> >> Chinese Chip Wins Energy-Efficiency Crown >> >> Though slower than competitors, the energy-saving Godson-3B is destined >> for the next Chinese supercomputer >> >> By Joseph Calamia / May 2011 >> >> The Dawning 6000 supercomputer, which Chinese researchers expect to unveil in >> the third quarter of 2011, will have something quite different under its >> hood. Unlike its forerunners, which employed American-born chips, this >> machine will harness the country's homegrown high-end processor, the >> Godson-3B. With a peak frequency of 1.05 gigahertz, the Godson is slower than >> its competitors' wares, at least one of which operates at more than 5 GHz, >> but the chip still turns heads with its record-breaking energy efficiency. It >> can execute 128 billion floating-point operations per second using just 40 >> watts—double or more the performance per watt of competitors. > > *cough* > > Wow.. they've brought SiCortex back to life...
Oh, snap! -- Prentice _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
