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Fujitsu develops world's fastest CPU
Fujitsu Ltd. has developed the world's fastest central processing unit--a CPU capable of performing 128 billion calculations per second, the company announced Tuesday.
(The Yomiuri Shimbun)

The Venus gives a Japanese firm the title of the world's fastest CPU maker for the first time since 1999, when Fujitsu last had the fastest CPU.

The development means Fujitsu has overtaken some of the world's biggest information technology companies, including Intel Corp. and IBM Corp., in terms of CPU speed.

The calculated speed of the new CPU is about 2.5-times faster than the previous record-holding model, which was made by Intel.

Fujitsu achieved the rapid speed by using miniaturization technology to double the number of central circuits integrated onto a chip--measuring about 2 centimeters square--from four to eight.

The Venus' design also is energy efficient--cutting electricity consumption to about one-third of current levels.

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