Breakthrough: The Secret to Making Processors 1,000 Times Faster

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Post by manyad » Sat, Sep 10, 2011, 5:21 PM UTC

Breakthrough: The Secret to Making Processors 1,000 Times Faster
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Re: Breakthrough: The Secret to Making Processors 1,000 Times Faster

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Post by moe » Sat, Sep 10, 2011, 5:49 PM UTC

Funny how everything goes 3D these days.

Cinemas, TV sets, handheld consoles, and now even our CPUs.

Re: Breakthrough: The Secret to Making Processors 1,000 Times Faster

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Post by michaelchisari » Sat, Sep 10, 2011, 6:18 PM UTC

3D game programming in pure Python, anyone? :)

If this is real (and since it's IBM and they're claiming production by 2013, I'm optimistic), this is going to be a huge game changer on so many levels.

Re: Breakthrough: The Secret to Making Processors 1,000 Times Faster

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Post by Tycho » Sat, Sep 10, 2011, 6:21 PM UTC

What would this mean for the global economy?

Re: Breakthrough: The Secret to Making Processors 1,000 Times Faster

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Post by ch0wn » Sat, Sep 10, 2011, 6:25 PM UTC

Tycho wrote: post #4

What would this mean for the global economy?

This could have quite an impact on CPU-bound cryptographic algorithms.

Re: Breakthrough: The Secret to Making Processors 1,000 Times Faster

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Post by DrCatbox » Sat, Sep 10, 2011, 6:28 PM UTC

Tycho wrote: post #4

What would this mean for the global economy?

The same as always, more "value", specialization and jobs created which means more money for the rich and less money for the poor.

Re: Breakthrough: The Secret to Making Processors 1,000 Times Faster

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Post by swah » Sat, Sep 10, 2011, 6:32 PM UTC

michaelchisari wrote: post #3

3D game programming in pure Python, anyone? :) If this is real (and since it's IBM and they're claiming production by 2013, I'm optimistic), this is going to be a huge game changer on so many levels.

Yes, but because of what they'll be able to write in C++ :) (And in Python you'll be able to write Call of Duty)

Re: Breakthrough: The Secret to Making Processors 1,000 Times Faster

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Post by carbocation » Sat, Sep 10, 2011, 6:32 PM UTC

DrCatbox wrote: post #6

Tycho wrote: post #4

What would this mean for the global economy?

The same as always, more "value", specialization and jobs created which means more money for the rich and less money for the poor.

Would you have leveled a similar criticism against farming during the agricultural revolution?

Re: Breakthrough: The Secret to Making Processors 1,000 Times Faster

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Post by smhinsey » Sat, Sep 10, 2011, 6:34 PM UTC

Does anyone know by what metric it will be 1,000 faster? It seems like a technique for having massive numbers of cores in parallel, but I'm not sure how the adhesive would address any specific improvements to the cores themselves.

That said, even if it's just a way to get 1,000-core CPUs or whatever, it sounds like a remarkable breakthrough.

Re: Breakthrough: The Secret to Making Processors 1,000 Times Faster

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Post by starpilot » Sat, Sep 10, 2011, 6:35 PM UTC

Maybe the singularity really is near.