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IBM has unveiled what it calls the world's fastest computer chip, the microprocessor in a new version of its mainframe.
The chip comes with a 5.2GHz four-core 45nm processor and 1.4 billion transistors.
IBM says the chip speed is necessary for businesses managing huge workloads, such as banks and retailers. “As the world becomes increasingly more interconnected, data has grown beyond the world's storage capacity, and business transactions continue to skyrocket,” the company adds.
According to a study by business intelligence company Berg Insight, the number of active users of mobile banking and related financial services worldwide is forecasted to increase from 55 million in 2009 to 894 million in 2015.
“Such trends are driving the need for innovations in systems that can help businesses to take advantage of them, to provide new services and develop new business models,” IBM said in a statement.
The mainframe processor is driven by IBM's embedded DRAM technology, which allows dense DRAM caches, or components, on the same chips as high-speed microprocessors, resulting in improved performance.
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