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Intel processor hits 2 teraflops in demo

Intel demonstrated its fastest multicore processor yet at the Spring Intel Development Forum (IDF) in Beijing on Tuesday, an 80-core processor that hit a speedy 2-teraflops (trillions of floating point operations per second) in a demonstration. If you want to see pictures of this research processor check out the coverage that Legit Reviews had a couple months ago when this very processor hit 1 teraflop.

A first-run of the processor reached 1 teraflop and used 46 watts. A second test reached 1.5 teraflops on 93.98 watts. Then, a final run achieved 2 teraflops, utilizing 191.79 watts. The new chip improves over the performance of its predecessor, which Intel showed off in February. The 80 core chip, which was just the size of a fingernail, hit a computing speed of 1.81 teraflops.

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Posted by | Tue, Apr 17, 2007 - 08:01 AM