schliz writes "Microprocessors from portable electronics like iPods could yield low-cost, low-power supercomputers for specialised scientific applications, according to computer scientist John Shalf. Along with a research team from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Shalf is designing a supercomputer based on low-power embedded microprocessors, which has the sole purpose of improving global climate change predictions.
In an interview with iTnews, Shalf spoke about the desktop and embedded chip markets, inefficiencies in current supercomputing designs, and how the Berkeley design will achieve a peak performance of 200 petaflops while consuming less than four megawatts of power." Link to Original Source
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