Terascale Computing À La Intel
by
Randy Mears
As Intel continues to increase the number of cores in computer chips its research arm eyes the idea of “terascale” computing. This interview with Andrew Chien, the director of Intel Research, is an interesting glimpse into the future of personal computing from the dominant chip maker’s perspective.
I was surprised that, according to this article, much of the focus for all of this extra computing power is about improving the end users relationship with technology. With terascale computing providing the compute power to bring together separate computing devices in a way that allows the user to interact more naturally with technology, the complexities of the diverse technologies that we must often individually struggle with can be simplified. The resulting user interface would understand both the user and the world in which that user lives. In other words, terascale computing, as defined by this article, will be a key component in the realization of the grand ubiquitous computing vision.
