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A new computer chip nicknamed Bulldozer just earned the title of the world's fastest computer processor. Just don't expect it to bring the same record-breaking performance to PCs any time soon.
Computer chip-maker Advanced Micro Devices announced yesterday that a team of technicians overclocked their new 8-core FX processor to a speed of 8.429GHz, surpassing the previous Guinness-certified speed record of 8.309 gigahertz. For perspective, that's triple the performance of what's typically found inside powerful laptop.
Although the company now officially has bragging rights, there's one caveat: the feat involved dousing the chip with liquid Nitrogen and liquid Helium to prevent it from overheating. Taking into account that the testers revved up performance by relying on some pretty heavy-duty coolants with temperature properties ranging between minus 180 and minus 230 degrees Celsius, this method can be quite impractical - to say the least.
However, the stunt did demonstrate that the new chip is "temporarily able to withstand extreme conditions to achieve amazing speed," according to the company's blog. The company also pointed out that implementing more modest and realistic cooling methods like fans and inexpensive water systems would still enable the Bulldozer chip to reach clock frequencies "well above" 5 GHz.
"Fastest computer on earth" is a very interesting topic, because every time I think that fastest computer available on this planet about two decades ago was slower than my desktop computer I have now I get chills down my spine. The most interesting part is that after I found out about the new supercomputer holding the crown, I got some serious chills, because I don't know if I'll ever have that amount of processing power on my desk, and I am not planning to leave this world anytime soon. Now, let's leave my thoughts aside and see some of the technical specifications of the fastest computer on earth, shall we?
That's a highly debatable answer, but i would go for some supercomputer for IBM or something. On a small scale an Apple computer is extremely fast. internet speed varies everywhere.
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