My Brand New 2.6 GC Computer
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A recent news piece about Intel's new research project -- an 80 core processor (link: News.com) -- not to mention ClearSpeed's 96 core example (link: News.com), has me thinking about the future of CPU measurements. Without going in to too much techese, I think we're reaching a real summit for the desktop world in clock cycles with the 4, 5 and 6 GHz CPUs. The obvious turn for advancement from there is already moving at a good clip in the amount of cores a particular processor brings to the table. Dual-core CPUs are already all the rage with quad-core systems rising to the forefront.
I can see the future now. No longer will Joe Leet be bragging about his new Intel 2.6 GHz Omnium gaming system. In the future, he will be rubbing his shiny new AMD 2.6 GC (Gigacore) Omnithlon XC system in your face while you laugh about how much he paid for it. While Joe Leet's system is overheating, despite the fancy Absolut Systems ZeroKel-500 absolute zero-inducing (link: Wikipedia) cooling chip; your GSH (Google Systems Hardware) 2.4 GC Omnoogle system with variable clock-speed cores (to non-wastefully suit each core's process) will be running at a perfect 10 degrees fahrenheit with only a simple, if aged, LiquiNite nitrogen cooling system.
Think I'm at all far off?