Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Fastest CPU!

For you number crunchers out there - IBM's new z196 mainframe now has the worlds fastest CPUs:

Containing 24 quad core (96 cores total) 5.2 ghz CPUs, this thing is a monster!

Each CPU has 24mb of L3 cache and 4 cores, each core has 1.5 mb of L2 cache.

The .045 micron CPUs are arranged in groups of 6 on a module, with yet another L4 cache on each module containing 96mb of cache.

Intel was left in the stone-age on this one.

Oh and it offers a mere 3 terrabytes of DDR3 RAM, 288GB/second of IO throughput, and a water cooling option for the go-getters.

This thing is what Google wishes they ran (or might tomorrow), only the largest of large companies like IBM (who else?) run these mainframes to keep track of their world wide TPS reports.

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