IBM’s new 5.2GHz Enterprise chip is fastest microprocessor in the world
IBM has surprised us all with the introduction of a new zEnterprise chip, which according to the company claims clocks 5.GHz speed, thus putting it the pinnacle of the world’s fastest microprocessors. This blistering speed is sans any liquid cooling. Okay, you have seen some overclocked chips operate at more speeds than this, but then that’s courtesy. The high-speed IBM chip, the z196 is scheduled to ship to mainframe consumers from September 10, but its inclusion into PCs may just take a little longer.
Good for business et al. with larger workloads, the new zEnterprise technology based on 45mn architecture it comprises z196 processor is a four-core chip containing 1.4 billion transistors on a 512-square mm) surface. It also features IBM's patented embedded DRAM (eDRAM) technology which adds to improved microprocessor performance. The z196 mainframe uses 96 superfast chips delivering over 50 billion instructions per second processing capacity.
Via: HotHardWare
