Intel puts together teraflop chip

Intel have put together a test processor that is capable of processing 1.8 trillion instructions per second (1.8 teraflops). The chip consists of 80 cores and about 100 million transistors all in a package about the same size as a current Xeon chip. The first time teraflop performance was achieved was in 1996 by the Intel ASCI Red Supercomputer. However that beast consisted of more than 10,000 Pentium Pro processors, consumed over 500 kilowatts of electricity and took up more than 2,000 square feet of space. To achieve the same performance in a single multi-core chip is remarkable. Intel expect teraflop chips to go into commercial production by 2010 to 2015.
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