Question Everything: A New Processor For Big Data

Explore GigaOM (May 15 2011)

...a compelling problem that we’re trying to solve,” Ranganathan said. It’s apparently a problem that Intel’s Kirk Skaugen, vice president and general manager of the chipmaker’s Data Center Group, is thinki......nly going to get us so far. The original, "flat" transistor at 32nm. For example, scientists at the Department of Defense estimate (GigaOM Pro sub. req’d) that getting to the next generation of supercomputer ... (Read Full Article)

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The Biggest Green Market? Seven Reasons Why It's Green IT

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...attery invested in Smooth-Stone, which has created a low-powered ARM chip that will compete against Intel chips in servers.) Transistors replaced vacuum tubes, in part, because it would have been impossibl...... vendors continually concoct new devices for them. Inside corporations, IT is the equivalent of the Department of Defense. (Read Full Article)

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SGI Partners with Darpa, Intel and Other Industry Leaders to Deliver Exascale ...

Explore Centre Daily Times (Aug 13 2010)

...tions, today announced it is partnering with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Intel and other industry leaders to develop a future computing architecture that will overcome the limita...... collaborative research environment that will result in major advances that redefine our industry.” Department of Defense (DoD) sensors, platforms and missions depend heavily on high performance computing and, as they stand, c... (Read Full Article)

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