UC Davis has created a monster chip, called `KiloCore' which houses 1,000 processors. The chip can perform 115 bn instructions per second.
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In an impressive display of one-upmanship, UC Davis has created a monster of a chip, called 'KiloCore' which houses 1,000 independent processors. After a bit of math, that comes out to a maximum computation rate of 1.78 trillion instructions per second.
But the more impressive feat is how UC Davis was able to make such a monster chip actually energy efficient. The chip can reportedly perform 115 billion instructions per second and only give off .7 watts of energy, making it approximately 100 times more efficient than modern silicon you'd find inefficient than your laptop, and can even be powered by a simple A A battery. Also, because each core is independent, they can be shut off completely when inactive for even better energy efficiency.
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As is true with most lab-grown chips, consumers likely won't see a 1,000-core computer anytime soon. Regardless, it doesn't take away the fact that, according to UC Davis' research, this new chip has more than triple the amount of cores as the previous record holder.
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