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Subject:    Re: [Beowulf] Chinese Chip Wins Energy-Efficiency Crown
From:       Prentice Bisbal <prentice () ias ! edu>
Date:       2011-05-04 13:50:50
Message-ID: 4DC159BA.8090005 () ias ! edu
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On 05/04/2011 06:39 AM, Christopher Bergström wrote:
> On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 5:33 PM, Eugen Leitl <eugen@leitl.org> wrote:
> > 
> > http://spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductors/processors/chinese-chip-wins-energyefficie \
> > ncy-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
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