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... _______________________________________________ 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
