MC2 Post 1622 Processor Whispers --- Of Milky Ways and Milkmaids

AMD offers first x86 processors with 5GHz clock speed, but loses its top position among the supercomputers. Intel's Xeon Phi takes over – though not in the USA, but in China.

From:  http://www.h-online.com

AMD hasn't looked beyond the four walls of the x86 space. For years now, the IBM P6+ with 5GHz and the IBM zEnterprise 196 with 5.2GHz have been juggling ones and zeros. Last year, they were joined by the six-core chip zEnterprise EC12 with up to 5.5GHz. All of these chips are indeed commercially available, at least if your pockets are deep enough. IBM puts up to six of these chips on a multi-chip module (MCM), including 192MB of L4 cache, for the price of a nice single-family home in an expensive neighbourhood.

Link:    http://www.h-online.com/newsticker/news/item/Processor-Whispers-Of-Milky-Ways-and-milkmaids-1890545.html

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/kt8bwfd

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China supercomputer world's fastest: report


Link:  http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/06/17/china-supercomputer-world-fastest-report/

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Google’s Balloon-Based Internet Dream: 

Loon or Just Loony?


Don't Know What Project LOON IS???
 
See this Video: 

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From:  http://gigaom.com

Google Internet Balloons, before the launch in New Zealand. 

Photo courtesy of Trey Ratcliff (under Creative Commons)

Link:  http://gigaom.com/2013/06/15/googles-balloon-based-internet-dream-loon-or-loony/

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/kp2a5dl



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