IBM plans laptop-sized supercomputer

Vikingod · Dec 6, 2007, 03:54 PM

Source: vnunet
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Supercomputers that consist of thousands of individual processors connected by miles of copper wires could one day fit into a laptop PC, according to IBM.

The company claims that a breakthrough by its scientists uses pulses of light through silicon, rather than electrical signals on wires, to send information between multiple cores or 'brains' on a chip.

This could lead to tiny 'supercomputers-on-a-chip' that expend the energy of a light bulb, compared with today's enormous machines that use enough energy to power hundreds of homes.

Dec 6, 2007, 03:54 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	IBM plans laptop-sized supercomputer Source: vnunet _____________ Supercomputers that consist of thousands of individual processors connected by miles of copper wires could one day fit into a laptop PC, according to IBM. The company claims that a breakthrough by its scientists uses pulses of light through silicon, rather than electrical signals on wires, to send information between multiple cores or 'brains' on a chip. This could lead to tiny 'supercomputers-on-a-chip' that expend the energy of a light bulb, compared with today's enormous machines that use enough energy to power hundreds of homes.