Researchers at the University of California have designed a 1,000-core processor, which IBM fabricated using 32nm CMOS technology.<\/p>\n
The \u201cKiloCore\u201d chip has a maximum computation rate of 1.78 trillion instructions per second, contains 621 million transistors, and is energy-efficient.<\/p>\n
Each processor is independently clocked, and can shut itself down to save energy when not needed, said\u00a0its makers.<\/p>\n
The researchers said\u00a0the\u00a01,000 processors can execute 115 billion instructions per second while dissipating only 0.7 Watts.<\/p>\n
It\u00a0uses such low\u00a0power, a single AA battery is enough to run it.<\/p>\n
“It is the world\u2019s first 1,000-processor chip and it is the highest clock-rate processor ever designed in a university,” said Bevan Baas<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Applications developed for the chip include wireless coding\/decoding, video processing, and encryption.<\/p>\n Other programs\u00a0involving large amounts of parallel data, such as scientific data applications and data centre record processing, have also been developed.<\/p>\n The computer and smartphone brands which South African techies trust<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The weak rand means slower computers in South Africa<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Massive supercomputer launched in South Africa \u2013 photos<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\nMore computer hardware news<\/h3>\n