New chip that makes computers 20 times faster.

London: An ultra-fast computer chip that is 20 times faster than the ones found in the current desktop computers has been created by scientists.

Modern PCs have a processor with two, four or sometimes 16 cores to carry out tasks. But the central processing unit (CPU) developed by the researchers effectively had 1,000 cores on a single chip, Daily Mail reported Tuesday.

The developments could usher in a new age of high-speed computing in the next few years for home users frustrated with slow-running systems.

And the new ‘super’ computer is much greener than modern machines – using far less power – despite its high speed.

http://www.samachar.com/Now-a-chip-that-makes-computers-20-times-faster-km2uRFcihdd.html

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Stephanie McCloskey is in about as much processor-related trouble as you can get, havingnetted major bucks by selling counterfeit chips to the military. The Chinese fakes were so shoddy that her company had to clean them off with erasers.

The military often frets that Chinese components aren’t up to snuff—or worse, might have hardware backdoors built in, allowing for sabotage. But it seems like these chips were mostly just pieces of crap—as mentioned, they arrived in the US covered in dirt and grime. Crap or no crap, Stephanie faces up to five years and prison and a $250,000 fine for her hardware trickery. Oh, and she’s going to return her $166,000 salary, which still sort of seems like peanuts, given her counterfeit operation netted $15.9 million.

http://gizmodo.com/5698172/florida-woman-busted-for-selling-millions-worth-of-phony-computer-chips-to-the-military