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Fujitsu unveils world’s fastest cpu
Fujitsu unveils world’s fastest cpu
WHEN IT RAINS , it pours for Intel, it seems, with Chipzilla receiving bad news not only on the legal front but also on the tech front as well this week, as Fujitsu has just unveiled a new CPU thought to be the world's fastest yet. Fuj Image courtesy of PC Watch The Japanese firm revealed its ...
Japanese Firms to Exhibit Android-based Digital Photo Frame -- Tech-On!
techon.nikkeibp.co.jp — Macnica Inc, a Japanese firm developing and marketing semiconductors and network devices, and Fujitsu Software Technologies Ltd... jointly developed the "Software Platform for Home Network Digital Photo Frame," a digital photo frame that employed Google ... (more) Japanese Firms to Exhibit Android-based Digital Photo ...
World's fastest CPU clocked at 128 gigaflops
World's fastest CPU clocked at 128 gigaflops
techradar.com — Reports from Japan say that a new supercomputer processor has taken the crown of world's fastest by... not just beating, but obliterating the old record. Fujitsu's eight-core SPARC64 VIIIfx Venus CPU was clocked at 128 billion computations per second , which destroyed the previous Intel-held ... (more) World's fastest CPU clocked at 128 gigaflops
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Fujitsu 'Venus' Claims World's Fastest Processor Title, But It's Not For You [Oh Yeah, Fujitsu Makes Processors]
Gizmodo — ... Called the SPARC64 VIIIfx (sexy codename: "Venus"), this eight-cored slab of processor can crunch a staggering 128 gigaflops per second. This is amazing, but irrelevant to most of us—in case you haven't already guessed from the processor's size and Fujitsu's proud emphasis on its floating point calculation abilities, the Venus is destined to be clustered in supercomputers when it eventually ships, not plugged into your next custom PC build. [Impress Watch via The Inquirer] ...

Fujitsu Releases 128 GigaFLOP "Venus" Processor for Supercomputers
Maximum PC all RSS Feed — ... Fujitsu this week laid a humdinger on Intel by unveiling the world's fastest CPU. The new chip is thought to be about 2.5 times faster than anything Intel has in its lineup, while also consuming two-thirds less power. ...

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