Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Spain Builds Super Computer With Cellphone Chips




Supercomputers have an energy problem that could curb their evolution. To solve this problem, Spain has replaced some of the high energy chips in this computer with the low- energy chips that power so many of the world's cellphones. Now, the architecture of the supercomputer will be altered in appearance, and energy. Less electricity will be used. Spain has joined with the NVIDIA chip maker company to use their CPU chips to create an ARM architecture effect. This solution will really save power that we will soon not be able to produce. Using the old technology, these supercomputers would rack enough energy to power a sizable town! Thanks to Spain- this problem can now be solved.


By:Eric Smalley