Rich Vuduc Analyzes a Startup's Attempt to Reinvent the CPU

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Every fairy-tale giant has a weakness, and Thomas Sohmers thinks the same is true of Intel, which ships hundreds of millions of chips every year. To his mind, Intel’s chips guzzle too much electricity. At his startup, Rex Computing, Sohmers is working on an alternative way to architect chips that he says will use a 20th of the power that Intel’s use.

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College of Computing, School of Computational Science and Engineering

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high-performance computing, Rex Computing, Rich Vuduc, School of Computational Science & Engineering, Thomas Sohmers
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  • Created By: Tyler Sharp
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Jul 21, 2015 - 9:16am
  • Last Updated: Oct 7, 2016 - 10:27pm