Sunday, June 15, 2014

The new type of computer can process 640 terabytes of data in one billionth of a second

HP is developing a new type of computer called The Machine that's six times more powerful than an existing server, and consumes 80 times less energy. more

4 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 15, 2014 at 3:53 AM

    yeah.. but the time they release that.. only the government will be allowed to use it..

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  2. StewJune 15, 2014 at 3:54 AM

    80 times less energy? Seriously? On a science page you use language like that? Use maths to work out what that actually means and you'll find you've just said it actually creates energy.

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  3. AnonymousJune 15, 2014 at 3:55 AM

    OMG! To put this in perspective, if that's true, that's close to the processing power of all the data in history that the human race has accumulated to about 2011 through books, movies, content etc (and assuming the last two years have generated 9 times as much as that), can this be processed in under a second? 640exp12 X 1 exp9 equals 640exp21 per second? Someone tell me my maths is wrong! This is scary that we have become so prolific and so dependent in view of the potential for cybercrime.

    "According to the global market intelligence firm IDC, in 2011 we played, swam, wallowed, and drowned in 1.8 zettabytes of data. (A zettabyte is a trillion gigabytes; that’s a 1 with 21 zeros trailing behind it.)"

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  4. AnonymousJune 15, 2014 at 3:56 AM

    just what the NSA asked for now they can finally sort out all that data and phone calls their been collecting off us since 911

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