KiloCore; If you have to stop being interested in hardware changes on today's personal gadgets, you probably will not be able to overlook the following news.
Maybe it seems to you that it doesn't matter that much lately as all the new hardware is high end technologys. But if you're working on complex projects like encryption, you'll need all the power from the system resources you can get your hands on.
This is why a team of researchers at the University of California Davis designed a microchip with 1.000 processors that each of them can operate independently. It's called KiloCore.
The chip is able to process 1780000000000 commands per second, which makes the team believe that they created the highest clock-rate processor ever designed at a university. IBM had built one using an older 32nm CMOS than the one using modern UC chips.
Because each processor can run on its own and stop when not in use, KiloCore can use it energy τόσο αποτελεσματικά ώστε μπορεί να τροφοδοτείται από μια μπαταρία ΑΑ. Οι researchers of UC report that their chip runs commands over 100 times more efficiently than a modern laptop processor.
Where can 1.000 cores be used anyway? Consider video editing, encryption functions and scientific manipulation data. No, you can't borrow it to play DOOM in 4K.
