-451F = 500GHz OC O_O

RedDragonXXX · Jun 20, 2006

IBM and Georgia Tech have coaxed a chip to run at 500GHz, a record for a silicon-based device, by dropping the temperature to minus 451 degrees Fahrenheit using liquid helium...

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TreeNode · Jun 20, 2006

Yeah... but does it run Doom 2 in DOS?

Epox4life · Jun 20, 2006

That is awesome man I need some liquid helium.
The chip they overclocked normally runs at 350GHz.
Boiling point 4.22 K
(-268.93 °C, -452.07 °F) :drool:

soulfly1448 · Jun 20, 2006

Good lord. I had no idea that there were even chips that could move that fast in normal conditions.

I think at that speed Doom 2 would play itself.

Arca_ex · Jun 20, 2006

Yeah, and in CS you would auto-speed-hack all over the place, since that happens to people that get around 5 GHz lol.

RedDragonXXX · Jun 20, 2006

TreeNode said:
Yeah... but does it run Doom 2 in DOS?

It's used in defense systems, space exploration vehicles and remote sensing so playing Doom2 in DOS would be like working on MS Word on todays top of the line rigs.

Epox4life said:
That is awesome man I need some liquid helium.
The chip they overclocked normally runs at 350GHz.
Boiling point 4.22 K
(-268.93 °C, -452.07 °F)

I didn't know that those temp were possible to achieve artificialy, but I guess I was wrong.

Here is a random pic from the site:

oxid · Jun 20, 2006

the lowest temperature ever reached is a few picokelvins.
That is, practically, absolute zero.

boris_37 · Jun 20, 2006

imagine what kind of bill you would owe if you damaged the chip while overclocking it? lmao. As safe as everyone is freak accidents can still happen.

RedDragonXXX · Jun 20, 2006

Imagine the iceburn you would get if it made a contact with your skin

Alien1099 · Jun 20, 2006

You know they were looking at this and other enthusiast sites and thought AMATEURS! Lets show em how it's done!

I'm sure there will be some deflated egos after reading about this.

Cheator · Jun 20, 2006

500ghz is nothing without FSB

Holy Diver · Jun 20, 2006

What kind of power supply would be needed and how many volts would something like that take?

RedDragonXXX · Jun 20, 2006

Holy Diver said:
What kind of power supply would be needed and how many volts would something like that take?

Actually these procs consume way less power then your standard CPU that we use, that's why they are able to achieve those high clocks.

fireandice · Jun 20, 2006

they need to post there 1m super pi time lol

Epox4life · Jun 20, 2006

-459F is absolute zero.

bumsquad · Jun 20, 2006

fireandice said:
they need to post there 1m super pi time lol

At that speed, it'll get like a second or less @_@

wonder what os they're running.

Enzf1 · Jun 21, 2006

Screw 1 second, that proc will turn back time!

oc jason · Jun 22, 2006

This is the first thread ive read since ive been back in almost a year hiatus from the oc.com family.

I must say "This Thread Delivers"

NoL · Jun 22, 2006

This chip (NOT A CPU) couldnt run a calculator. Its singulary a few transistors, thats all. Ghz is just a rating of how fast a transistor can switch. This isn't something that has any practically for anything ever.

Skiing Squirrel · Jun 22, 2006

oc jason said:
This is the first thread ive read since ive been back in almost a year hiatus from the oc.com family.

I must say "This Thread Delivers"

I must say I am somewhat in your shoes.

Welcome back, and yes. This thread delivers.

Doesn't light slow down at absolute zero?

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