Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 28th Jun 2007 18:44 UTC, submitted by MissinBeOS
Hardware, Embedded Systems Researchers at the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering claim to have developed a computer system that is 100 times faster than today's desktops. The research group, lead by Uzi Vishkin, developed a system based on parallel processing technology. The team built a prototype with 64 parallel processors and a special algorithm that facilitates the chips to work together and make programming for them simple.
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Interestingly annoying
by jessta on Thu 28th Jun 2007 21:14 UTC
jessta
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2005-08-17

It's interesting, but is a fairly fluff piece.
They say they will make programming for parallel programming easier but fail to say at all how they will do it.

RE: Interestingly annoying
by chrish on Fri 29th Jun 2007 12:51 in reply to "Interestingly annoying"
chrish Member since:
2005-07-14

With "rich algorithmic theory". ;-)

Dunno if that's a feature of the chips, they way they're interconnected, a special compiler, or programming design patterns.

- chrish

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