Capable of processing 1 trillion calculations a second, Intel's latest test
chip, when used commercially, will revolutionize computing
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| Software Lags Behind
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| The main stumbling block to widespread acceptance of such chips, however,
| is the difficulty in writing software to take advantage of multiple
| cores. Even as Intel and AMD race to deliver quad-core chips in the
| next few months, software developers continue to struggle to write
| threaded applications to take advantage of just two cores.
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http://www.moneyvsdebt.com/2007/02/13/processing-1-trillion-calculations-a-second-intels-latest-test-chip/
Think 64-bit processors, parallel computing, Web-based/portable application.
With Linux, it's a snap, but progress (R&D and change) is not economically
appealing to a convicted software monopoly abuser.
Also today:
IBM claims breakthrough in memory circuitry
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| International Business Machines Corp. is claiming a breakthrough
| in developing circuitry to store data on future microprocessor
| chips, according to a media report Wednesday.
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/ibm-claims-breakthrough-memory-circuitry/story.aspx?guid=%7B7DC0A4FD%2D426C%2D4D1B%2D9E0B%2D856D7140E8FE%7D&siteid=yhoo&dist=yhoo
http://tinyurl.com/2jb5v4
Memory to make PCs Vienna-capable? (it turns out "Vienna" is a name that's
already taken)
Related:
Here's an example to show that monopolies suppress progress...
Google's Bosworth: Why AJAX Failed (Then Succeeded)
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| "Back in '96-'97, me and a group of people,many of whom are here at
| Google, helped build stuff that these days is called AJAX," We
| concluded, in the face of unyielding opposition and animosity from
| virtually every senior person at Microsoft, that the thick client
| was on its way out and it was going to be replaced by browser-based apps.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2088644,00.asp
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