An interesting read...

Quantum computer to be revealed next week

An interesting read...

Quantum computer to be revealed next week

True, 'tis an interesting read, but intel has plans for an 80-core processor that's pretty impressive too. I stumbled onto this a couple of weeks ago. If you think Who?s V8 beast is getting attention now, wait about three or four years when multi-core processors will blast right through any barriers we think are there now. Folks, we are talking teraflop processing power here!! Will it ever end? I dare say that Dr. Baker and his motley crew will soon be experiencing heaven on earth when these processors start hitting the market and R@H users start to upgrade!


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@Gerry Rough: you may be interesting reading this about Intel 16 cores in 2009.

They also have four threads per core, so a total of 64 threads per "CGPU".

20 and 24 core variants seem quite doable.

Meet Larrabee, Intel's answer to a GPU

True, 'tis an interesting read, but intel has plans for an 80-core processor that's pretty impressive too.

Seems to me that clockrates are no longer being looked at as the "in thing" of computers, but multiple dozens of cores built into the package. I've heard of different directions that computer technology is going in as well. The "DNA" computer is one such device. Eithor way, I'm curious as to what computer technology will be like in the next five years.

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There are 10 types of people in the world:
Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

Seems to me that clockrates are no longer being looked at as the "in thing" of computers, but multiple dozens of cores built into the package. I've heard of different directions that computer technology is going in as well. The "DNA" computer is one such device. Eithor way, I'm curious as to what computer technology will be like in the next five years.

Ditto that! Does anyone know when the 8 core processors will hit the market for us crunchers to grab onto?

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Well, I guess you could get the Cell Broadband Engine (Folding@Home ala PS3 - although only 6 cores are utilized for crunching), or perhaps a SUN UltraSparc T1?

For x86 land, I'm hoping for the jump from 4 core to 16 core, bypassing 8 core alltogether. I can dream!!!

Ditto that! Does anyone know when the 8 core processors will hit the market for us crunchers to grab onto?

Hot off The Inquirer presses:

Intel 80 core chip revealed in full detail

Wow! 80 cores and only 62 watts!

Intel press release

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Hoping for a motherboard with multiple processor support myself. I'd be happy with at least two processors each with dual core, but the more the merrier. Simply put, I consider myself as a power user (probably the same as the rest of you guys).

Mmmm... Power... <drool> <drool> <drool>

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There are 10 types of people in the world:
Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

From the New York Times

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Must... Get... Bucket... <drool> <drool> <drool>

From the New York Times

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There are 10 types of people in the world:
Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

I've got a spitoon, would that help, lol ?!

Must... Get... Bucket... <drool> <drool> <drool>

From the New York Times

nah...he needs a 10 gallon bucket to contain it all and that has to be changed every hour.

I've got a spitoon, would that help, lol ?!

Must... Get... Bucket... <drool> <drool> <drool>

From the New York Times

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http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=6102

Protein folding is, in theory, one of the things a quantum computer should be able to do well (and exponentially / quadratically faster). Think about where we were 10 years ago, where we are now... can't wait to see what kind of processing power will be available in another 10 =)

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Phew, done with the drool buckets... Only needed about 4 and a half of them before I stopped salivatating over the number-crunching potential.

10 years ago, we were introduced to Windows 95, and Pentium-2's, if I remember, were just right around the corner. Now, we're getting into quantum, multi-core, and DNA computers. By the sounds of it, it seems like hard drives are the next bottlenecks, but there seems to be several solutions to that as well (RAID arrays, higher rates of RPM, Quadrature Amplitude Modulation between HDD and controllers in serial drives, etc.). Don't know what things will be like in about 5 years from now, when I'm ready for a serious upgrade, but I can start saving up for it now.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=6102

Protein folding is, in theory, one of the things a quantum computer should be able to do well (and exponentially / quadratically faster). Think about where we were 10 years ago, where we are now... can't wait to see what kind of processing power will be available in another 10 =)

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There are 10 types of people in the world:
Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

Storage won't be the problem either. I bought a 120GB disk for $40USD and that was almost two years ago.

...but just imagine if we stored all the data on photons:
"It sort of sounds impossible, but instead of storing just ones and zeros, we're storing an entire image..."
Here's the article.

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That's not a bad price considering what hard drive space cost 15 or 20 years ago. I remember spending $1000 for my first 50MB hard drive and a controller.

Storage won't be the problem either. I bought a 120GB disk for $40USD and that was almost two years ago.

...but just imagine if we stored all the data on photons:
"It sort of sounds impossible, but instead of storing just ones and zeros, we're storing an entire image..."
Here's the article.

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There are 10 types of people in the world:
Those who understand binary, and those who don't.