500 GHz processor. (Yes, GHz) in Off Topic

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Jun 22 2006, 8:42 am (Edited on Jun 22 2006, 9:34 am)
"IBM and Georgia Tech have coaxed a chip to run at 500GHz, a record for a silicon-based device, by dropping the temperature to minus 451 degrees Fahrenheit. The experiment is part of a project to explore the ultimate speed limits of silicon-germanium (SiGe) chips. SiGe chips are similar to standard silicon chips, but they also contain germanium for better performance and lower power consumption."
From: [H]ard|OCP

"SiGe chips, the scientists theorized, could eventually hit 1 terahertz, or 1 trillion cycles a second."
From: News.com (Linked at previous site)

Two words.... Holy Crap.
-Jack Weldon
#1 Jun 22 2006, 9:18 am
Wow, I would so totally play solitaire on that!
#2 Jun 22 2006, 9:51 am
In response to Scoobert (#1)
Yeah I read that from TechPowerup! too.

TechPowerup! r teh pwnage hardware news site.
#3 Jun 22 2006, 12:14 pm
In response to Scoobert (#1)
Hah! Windows man. There are a couple of jokes with the release of Windows-based operating systems and Solitaire. Rumor has it that in the next release, Solitaire with be multiplayer. omgwtfbbqsauce
#4 Jun 22 2006, 12:17 pm
In response to CaptFalcon33035 (#3)
CaptFalcon33035 wrote:
Hah! Windows man. There are a couple of jokes with the release of Windows-based operating systems and Solitaire. Rumor has it that in the next release, Solitaire with be multiplayer. omgwtfbbqsauce

I have played at least one game of Solitaire on every system I have built or setup at work. It us kinda like breaking a wine bottle on the hull of a boat.

Don't worry, I have done this on linux systems too. Most distros come with at least one type of Solitaire(Ubuntu comes with, or can have added, a generic cardgame table program that does about a million versions of solitaire and most other card games).
#5 Jun 22 2006, 9:10 pm
I want to play Oblivion on that.
#6 Jun 22 2006, 10:35 pm
In response to Crispy (#5)
I concur.
#7 Jun 23 2006, 8:16 am
In response to Scoobert (#1)
Scoobert wrote:
Wow, I would so totally play solitaire on that!

A 3D massively multiplayer online role-playing solitaire game on that!
#8 Jun 23 2006, 9:11 am
In response to Crispy (#5)
But if you do, the system will be bottlenecked... and bottleneck != sexy.

It's not going to run as fast as it should unless you get a graphics card that can compare! xD
#9 Jun 23 2006, 9:28 am
In response to D4RK3 54B3R (#8)
You wouldn't need a graphics card, your processor could handle the graphics with ease. Your bottleneck would be storage(There is no ram that could keep up with that, at least not publicly).
#10 Jun 23 2006, 9:31 am
In response to Scoobert (#9)
Well modern CPU's can't handle rendering Morrowind in software mode with FAKED bloom. I wouldn't want to think about how a modern CPU would do with rendering Oblivion with HDR and distant landscape and all of that.

Of course, I wouldn't know how a 500 GHz processor would handle the graphics... of course it does depend on what kind of processor.
#11 Jun 23 2006, 10:27 am
In response to Zeidrieck (#7)
Zeidrieck wrote:
Scoobert wrote:
Wow, I would so totally play solitaire on that!

A 3D massively multiplayer online role-playing solitaire game on that!

Sweet! I drew an Ancient Zombie King with an Ebony Spade of Slaying! He's going to crush that puny Glimmering Ruby Heart of the Gods Mechano Prince and then I'll clear a row!
#12 Jun 23 2006, 7:31 pm
In response to D4RK3 54B3R (#10)
A 500GHz processor would be more than capable of rendering it all in software mode, assuming Oblivion can be configured to do that.

As Scoobert says, the problem would be storage...

Next challenge: Superconducting RAM!
#13 Jun 24 2006, 7:49 am
YEAH
NOW I CAN FINALLY PLAY AGE OF EMPIRES 1