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At SC11, Intel revealed details for its next-generation Intel Xeon processor E5 and Intel Many Integrated Core (MIC)-based platforms designed for high-performance computing (HPC).
Early-performance benchmarks revealed that the Intel Xeon E5 delivers up to 2.1 times more performance in raw FLOPS, powering 10 supercomputers, with up to 70 percent more performance using real-HPC workloads compared to the previous generation of Intel Xeon 5600 series processors.
Its “Knights Corner” product, the first commercial co-processor based on the Intel Many Integrated Core (Intel MIC) architecture, was shown for the first time breaking the barrier of 1 TFLOPS double precision performance.
http://www.kurzweilai.net/intel-reveals-next-generation-high-performance-computing-platforms?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=010b4cff27-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=emailAt SC11, Intel revealed details for its next-generation Intel Xeon processor E5 and... more
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![IBM’s Processors Will Think Like Brains. [Death by AI is getting even closer now!]](http://i2.crtcdn1.net/images/spacer.gif)
It's been just over 30 years since IBM released its first PC and shook the whole world up. Hoping to do some more world-shaking, they've built two chips that function more similarly to our brains than normal chips do.
Yes people, this could be the day we all look back upon with sheer horror, as The Robots chase us from our houses and onto the streets.
Funded in part by DARPA, which contributed $41 million to the "cognitive computing" project, the prototype chips use parallel processing to multi-task, but more importantly adapt to new information even if they're not expecting it. The projector leader at IBM Research, Dharmendra Modha, claims that "you have to throw out virtually everything we know about how these chips are designed," elaborating that "the key, key, key difference really is the memory and the processor are very closely brought together. There's a massive, massive amount of parallelism."
They also have sensors for identifying changes in the real world, such as temperature rises, audio and motion movements, which could make them well-suited to outdoors use, in cars, traffic lights or planes for example.
While it's likely we won't see these two prototype chips put into practise for another 10 years, IBM is confident it's the future for their business. Both chips have 256 neurons, with one of them containing 262,144 "programmable synapses," and the other 65,536 "learning synapses," which will be built upon and hopefully get to the point where it's possible to have a chip with 10 billion neurons, and 100 trillion synapses.
It's likely those numbers sound impossibly large to you—personally, I can't even fathom the size and power. But IBM's Modha doesn't give any reason for us to be scared, telling the NY Times that they're "not trying to build a brain," that they're just "trying [to] draw inspiration from the brain."
http://gizmodo.com/5832122/ibms-processors-will-think-like-brainsIt's been just over 30 years since IBM released its first PC and shook the whole... more
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March 29 (Bloomberg) -- Advanced Micro Devices Inc., trying to win back market share lost to Intel Corp., said Acer Inc. will start using its server chips for the first time.
Acer, the world’s second-largest personal-computer maker, will build machines based on the 6000 series of Opteron processors that AMD introduced today.
“They’ve really gotten back onto their product road map,” said Gianluca Degliesposti, an Acer vice president in charge of developing its server business. “There wasn’t a better moment for us to jump into the market.”
AMD’s new server-chip design, Magny-Cours, is the company’s first major push to recover ground it lost amid earlier product delays. Taiwan-based Acer is trying to repeat its rise up the ranks of laptop and desktop PCs in the market for servers, the machines that power corporate Web sites, e-mail and databases.
Both companies are aiming at the market for cheaper computers that use two chips, an area that accounts for the majority of shipments, and one where AMD hasn’t made deep inroads. AMD is also reducing its prices.
“This is the first time in over four years that we’ve launched a new platform,” said Patrick Patla, general manager of AMD’s server division. “I want to go for the bulk of the market.”
AMD, based in Sunnyvale, California, fell 1 cent to $9.02 in New York Stock Exchange composite trading on March 26. The stock had declined 6.8 percent this year before today.
Intel Competition
The new chips will cost between $266 and $1,386 apiece, compared with predecessors that cost as much as $2,649. AMD’s chips also have the ability to attach more memory, an important asset for servers that manipulate large files, Patla said.
Acer entered the server market in December with computers using Intel chips. It decided to use AMD chips so it could offer customers machines with more memory, Degliesposti said.
Acer took the No. 2 rank in overall PC sales from Dell Inc. last year, capturing 13.4 percent of the market in the fourth quarter, according to research firm IDC. Hewlett-Packard Co. was first, with 21 percent.
Intel, the world’s largest chipmaker, began selling a new set of server chips this month that have six cores built into one piece of silicon. AMD’s new design comes in 8- and 12-core versions.
Adding multiple cores to processors increases their ability to perform several tasks simultaneously. Most current chips have two cores, with higher-end processors using four.
During the design phase, AMD often names chips after Formula 1 racetracks. Magny-Cours is located in France.
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-29/amd-recruits-acer-in-fight-to-win-back-server-share-from-intel.htmlMarch 29 (Bloomberg) -- Advanced Micro Devices Inc., trying to win back market share... more
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Quantum processing units are fundamentally different in a number of ways. First, where a regular bit can be only 1 or 0, a quantum bit (or qubit) only assumes a value of 1 or 0 when it is observed. Additionally, Quantum computers aren’t bound by Boolean operators like ‘and, ‘or’ and ‘not’...Quantum processing units are fundamentally different in a number of ways. First, where... more
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Advanced Micro Devices announced a new range of desktop microprocessors, including its first Athlon triple-core processors.Advanced Micro Devices announced a new range of desktop microprocessors, including its... more
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Hoping to set itself apart from other television makers, Toshiba will soon put on sale in Japan the first television based on the powerful Cell multimedia processor, the same chip that's used in the PlayStation 3. The Cell Regza TV boasts several advanced features, including the ability to simultaneously record eight high-definition channels.Hoping to set itself apart from other television makers, Toshiba will soon put on sale... more
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Intel will launch its first 32nm processors later this year and, to break tradition, the first CPUs based on the new process won't be a new flagship chip in Extreme Edition guise. In the past, a new process has brought a combination of never-before-seen performance at a high asking price, but things are different with 32nm.
(http://www.gizmogamer.com/content/intels-32nm-westmere-processor-performance) see article for more details.Intel will launch its first 32nm processors later this year and, to break tradition,... more
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The Intel "Clarksfield" Core i7 processor boasts four cores and is the chipmaker's first mobile chip based on its new Nehalem microarchitecture. Most Intel processors will move to this design in 2010.
Dell is trying to take an early lead in embracing the new technology. Dell's flagship product for the mobile Core i7 will be the 15-inch Alienware M15x gaming laptop. Dell is also offering the chip as an option on other laptop models worldwide, including the Studio 15 and Studio 17.
The Dell Studio 17 will feature the Intel Core i7 720QM 1.6GHz processor, a 1GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 graphics chip, 17.3-inch HD+ (1600x900) display, and 9-cell battery.
The Studio 17 starts at $1,099.
Dell will also offer the Studio 15 with Core i7. Configurations include Core i7 720QM 1.6GHz, 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 graphics chip, and 4GB of memory. Pricing start at $999.
And the Dell Studio XPS 16 will come with a Core i7 option, with a starting price of $1,249, Dell said.The Intel "Clarksfield" Core i7 processor boasts four cores and is the... more
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Intel Corporation introduced its revolutionary Intel Core i7 Mobile Processor and Intel Core i7 Mobile Processor Extreme Edition today, bringing Intels award-winning and super-fast Nehalem microarchitecture to the mobile market. These processors in addition to the new Intel PM55 Express Chipset, provide the best laptop experience for intense gaming, digital media, photos, music, business applications and other multi-threaded software that hungers for faster processing speed.
(http://www.gizmogamer.com/content/intel-unveils-fastest-laptop-chips-ever-intel-core-i7-920xm) see article for more details.Intel Corporation introduced its revolutionary Intel Core i7 Mobile Processor and... more
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ARM today said it has developed a pair of Cortex-A9 hard macro implementations which will enable devices to operate at 2GHz, and beyond. To achieve the additional speed without disregarding power consumption, the new design calls for a 40nm manufacturing process.
(http://www.gizmogamer.com/content/arm-announces-development-2ghz-cortex-a9-dual-core-chip) see the article for more details.ARM today said it has developed a pair of Cortex-A9 hard macro implementations which... more
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In a new approach to an effective "electronic tongue" that mimics human taste, scientists in Illinois are reporting development of a small, inexpensive, lab-on-a-chip sensor that quickly and accurately identifies sweetness — one of the five primary tastes. It can identify with 100 percent accuracy the full sweep of natural and artificial sweet substances, including 14 common sweeteners, using easy-to-read color markers. This sensory "sweet-tooth" shows special promise as a simple quality control test that food processors can use to ensure that soda pop, beer, and other beverages taste great, — with a consistent, predictable flavor.In a new approach to an effective "electronic tongue" that mimics human... more
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IBM is already making a beeline to 28nm process technology, but it looks like the train may deviate a bit before it even reaches the bottom. Reportedly, the company responsible for PowerPC, the original business laptop and all sorts of underground things that we'll never comprehend is now looking to use DNA as a model for crafting the world's next great processor.
DNA origami, as it's so tactfully called, can supposedly provide a cheap framework "on which to build tiny microchips," with IBM research manager Spike Narayan proclaiming that this is "the first demonstration of using biological molecules to help with processing in the semiconductor industry." Sir Spike also noted that "if the DNA origami process scales to production-level, manufacturers could trade hundreds of millions of dollars in complex tools for less than a million dollars of polymers, DNA solutions, and heating implements." The actual process still seems murky from here, but we're told to expect real results within ten years. Which should be just in time for the robot apocalypse to really hit its stride -- awesome.IBM is already making a beeline to 28nm process technology, but it looks like the... more
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New laptops with ultra-low voltage processors are poised to steal some attention from consumers looking for inexpensive laptops this fall. Read this blog post by Erica Ogg on Crave.New laptops with ultra-low voltage processors are poised to steal some attention from... more
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It has been reported by the VP that Symbian may be using dual core processors sometime 'very, very soon'. Dual and quad core processors are common place in computers these days, and their movement to mobiles could mean super fast phones coming your way.
This makes me excited!It has been reported by the VP that Symbian may be using dual core processors sometime... more
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Intel Corp., the world’s biggest maker of semiconductors, said fourth-quarter profit dropped 90 percent after the recession curbed demand and forced the company to write down the value of its investments.Intel Corp., the world’s biggest maker of semiconductors, said fourth-quarter... more
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" Core i7 is the latest installment of Intel's "Tick-Tock" strategy of annual processor updates. With Tick-Tock Intel has committed for the foreseeable future to rolling out a brand new CPU architecture one year followed by a shrink in transistor size the next.
Core i7 is a "Tick" and therefore represents a new architecture built on Intel's existing
(and extremely successful) 45nm high-K silicon process. The big noise with the Nehalem architecture is improved multi -threaded performance scaling.
That means more threads, more bandwidth, more efficient load balancing - just more of everything that matters for high performance parallel computing. And not just any parallel computing. Intel has been making a big fuss about the coming age of visual computing – advanced graphical interfaces, context aware computers capable of observing human behaviour, intelligent video and photo search and much, much more.
Core i7 is the first chip designed with that new computing paradigm in mind..."
" Core i7 is the latest installment of Intel's "Tick-Tock"... more
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