Computer Processors
The next chapter in the battle to build a faster computer is
beginning. The major players in this fight are Intel and AMD and for
most of the time, AMD has been trailing in this race. Their plan for
the release of their next processor, the Barcelona Core, may give them
back the lead. The CPU is rumored to beat Intel's Clovertown by about
40% at any clock speed, with a 50% advantage in floating point
applications and 20% in integer performance. Intel is not sitting by
quitetly. They have released specs on their new 45nm Penryn Core 2 CPU
HEXUS. Intel has also devised a new supercomputer, the Blue Gene, that
can max out at 280 trillion operations a second during continuous
operation. Other technology that will improve the performance of
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