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IBM cpu breaks 1GHz barrier [CNN]
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> IBM breaks 1,000 MHz
>
> More related sites... NEW YORK (CNNfn) - Engineers at an International
> Business Machines Corp. research facility in Austin, Texas, Wednesday
> demonstrated the world's first computer chip to break the 1,000 MHz
> barrier.
> [INLINE] The chip operates at 1 billion cycles per second. The fastest
> commercial microprocessors today operate at around 300 MHz. However,
> computer users won't be able to run out and buy a PC containing the
> chip anytime soon. IBM isn't expected to make it available
> commercially for at least two years.
> [INLINE] The news comes just days after rival Digital Equipment
> introduced a new version of its Alpha chip that it said would break
> the 1,000 MHz barrier. Digital Equipment, which hasn't yet hit that
> mark, also said it would take at least two years for the chip to be
> available.
> [INLINE] IBM will issue a research paper detailing the chip, along
> with two related microprocessor papers, at the International Solid
> State Circuit Conference in San Francisco Friday.
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