ARM, one of the manufacturers of microprocessors more important in the current world scene, want to make the leap to the world of supercomputers introduced a next-generation chip based on its processors for mobile phones but able to deliver a great computing power, something very important and necessary in this type of computer.
This news comes as only some weeks after Softbank announced the purchase of ARM, an acquisition valued in 32,000 million of dollars. As first initiatives and investment from Softbank in ARM, is will allocate a part important of money in improving their servers and in the Internet of them things. Thanks to this now ARM will be in disposal of compete in this sector with companies such as Intel or IBM.
ARM has already ready its chip of last generation even though, at the moment, without too much presence in the market.
To develop this type of chips, ARM is determined to join forces with other manufacturers. By the time countries as United States or Chinese already are developing systems computer capable of performing calculations to 1 exaFlop, equivalent to 1,000 trillion of calculations by second. No doubt a level that seems hard to achieve and even exceed without a large investment and collaboration of other organizations and companies.
In terms of the data that we know about this new supercomputer, let know you that it has been named by Post-K and predictably will be built in Japan. According to is has commented, is expected that is between 50 and 100 times more fast that its predecessor, the K Computer, that currently is the fifth supercomputer more powerful of the world with its 10’5 petaFlops of performance Max.
One of them points strong of ARM lies precisely in the experience that has the company in the development of hardware of high performance offering a consumption of energy minimum, one of them points more weak of the architecture present in them supercomputers current. As a final gift, just let know you that new generation ARM processors are already operating.
More information: pcworld
