IBM Claim Fastest Processor
Keep in mind when a 1.4GHz processor was deemed the world's fastest? Man, that was ages ago. freshly, IBM has laid claim to that very record, with its 5.2GHz z196 processor being the central point. Of course, we've seen a number of customer chips hum along at speeds well beyond that (thanks to sophisticated cooling systems, of course), but this here enterprise chip does it without any liquid nitrogen-based assistance. It's a four-core slab that was manufactured using the garments 45 nanometer technology, boasting 1.4 billion transistors and the ability to handle more than 50 billion instructions per second. Interestingly, Fujitsu's Venus CPU is said to handle a staggering 128 billion calculations per second, so we're guessing that IBM won't be snagging this crown without any argue from the competition. At any rate, there's a very convincing video waiting for you after the break, and no, you won't find this thing in your next Alienware anytime...