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DAve
14th August 2005, 13:50
Fugger, a Japanese overclocker has managed to overclock his P4 to just over 7GHz.

Links here (http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=70225&page=5&pp=25) and here (http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=53037).

My word, that is fast.
DAve
20th June 2006, 14:15
Yes, you read that right, IBM have achieved an overclock of 500 GHz.

The down side is that it's cooled to 4 degrees above absolute zero.

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/06/20/ibm_overclocking_feat/
Fyndir
20th June 2006, 15:34
Yes, you read that right, IBM have achieved an overclock of 500 GHz.

The down side is that it's cooled to 4 degrees above absolute zero.

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/06/20/ibm_overclocking_feat/


If cooling a machine down to -268.5°C seems a trifle impractical, take heart from the boffins' other efforts, which saw the chip running at 350GHz at room temperature

I want.

I want NOW.

imagine the sheer speed your computer would be able to do things at...it's insane!
Sid
20th June 2006, 16:51
imagine the sheer speed your computer would be able to do things at...it's insane!

It really depends on how much the chip is actually doing per clock cycle, although this does look like a good step towards cutting power/heat as clock speed rises.