Fujitsu opened this class ’s Fujitsu Forum conference by kick Intel square in the groyne , debuting a new processor that ’s 2.5 fourth dimension faster than anything the central processing unit giant has on crack , and one third as power - thirsty .
send for the SPARC64 VIIIfx ( sexy codename : “ Venus ” ) , this eight - cored slab of processor can crunch a astonishing 128 gigaflops . This is amazing , but irrelevant to most of us — in case you have n’t already guessed from the mainframe ’s size and Fujitsu ’s gallant emphasis on its float point computation power , the Venus is destined to be clustered in supercomputers when it finally ships , not plugged into your next custom PC build . [ Impress WatchviaThe Inquirer ]
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