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"We expect a 50 percent chance of failure, but if we win we can have as much as a thousand times increase in performance," said Ron Ho, one of Sun's primary researchers working on the project.
Sun Microsystems Awarded $44 Million Department of Defense Contract to Develop Microchip Interconnect SystemDARPA Project Advances Chip Communications Via Proximity and Optical Connections to Create Potential for Virtual Supercomputer from Network of Low-Cost Chips
"We expect a 50 percent chance of failure, but if we win we can have as much as a thousand times increase in performance,"
Quote"We expect a 50 percent chance of failure, but if we win we can have as much as a thousand times increase in performance," 1000+ Ghz CPU would be quite impressive. Imagine the GPU market following on from this architecture. It would be a billion, squillion, zillion dollar break through.