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Quad Core Quad Core Processor to bring Tera Ops?

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Phantasm66, Aug 29, 2003.

  1. Phantasm66 Newcomer, in training Posts: 6,504

    Researchers at UT are working with IBM on a new CPU architecture called TRIPS (Tera-op Reliable Intelligently adaptive Processing System).

    Central to the new TRIPS architecture is a new concept called 'block-oriented execution"' which will result in a processor capable of executing more than 1 trillion operations per second.

    A chip capable of performing 1 trillion operations, a tera-op, won't emerge from the project until 2010. However, researchers are readying a prototype chip with four processor cores--the computing units inside a processor--that is expected in less than three years.

    I am sure that you will NEED one of these babies to play Quake 6!

    More here.
    Phantasm66, Aug 29, 2003
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  2. ---agissi--- TechSpot Paladin Posts: 2,369   +9

    Gosh!!! Why do things take like 10 years to make!?! Why not 1 or 2...maybe 3 :p but 2010? I dont wanna wait that long!!!!!!! How bout now :D
    ---agissi---, Aug 29, 2003
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  3. StormBringer Newcomer, in training Posts: 2,871

    StormBringer, Aug 30, 2003
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