Tera-Scale Computing: The future of CPUs by TheGreatSatan

[TheGreatSatan]

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Tera-Scale Computing: The future of CPUs by TheGreatSatan



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TBCS frequenters are among those few geeks at the forefront of technology who know about the continuing need for faster processors. But speed is becoming less about Gigahertz and more about multiple cores. With technology improving, how many cores will be enough?

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[mtekk]

Yes, at 22nm we will be transitioning to "FinFETS", and the silicon will no longer be planar. But this transition is not the real challenging one (the process still involves lithography). The 11nm transition and beyond it is the real interesting one. That's when carbon nano-tubes may play an important role in nanoprocessors (technically not a microprocessor when on a 11nm process).

[BerticusPryme]

You are correct about software incompatablities. I remember when the dual core athlons first came out and games as well as software were fulls of bugs. I really do hope I am alive to see the release of such tech. It really is phenominal to see what computers can do now as well as just 5 years from now. I mean look back to this time in 98 and then look back to 88. Computers and technology have increased by leaps and bounds. Who all remembers when the TRS-80 was king? Very good article TGS.

[SXRguyinMA]

I agree 100%, amazing article! :up:

[TheGreatSatan]

Thank you. I just got to keep thinking of good ones!

[Killdrath]

Aye, I have a few systems with the new 32nm Nehalems in my test lab at work. Sure, they rock, but talk about software issues. Half of our test systems wont even boot to windows yet, and the ones that do boot, you can only populate half the expansion slots and 3/4 of the ram slots, but hey, it is called beta for a reason, and half of those issues are BIOS related, not cpu issues.

And dont even get me started on the problems I been having with the hex-core CPU's...

[Crazy Buddhist]

This is Intel's attempt to catch up with Nvidia and their lead in gpu computing which threatens to start encroaching on cpu functions. 320 shader pipes on a gpu can outperform cpu's in teraflop computing.

It would not surprise me to see Nvidia launch a new architecture within 24 months with an Nvidia cpu designed to maximise parallel computing which talked directly to the gpu's and to system memory.

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[progbuddy]

Ive been reading Science Daily since a few months back. They seem to have been able to control the spin of an electron on one atom. They say that this will become the new ultimate small--using electrons as mini-transistors on a minuscule chip.