New computer hardware can cut computing time (IMAGE)

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

New computer hardware can cut computing time

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Time and power consumption in computer programs can vary extremely. One design can have performance several tens of thousands of times higher than another that does exactly the same job.  Two new pieces of hardware can cut the time it takes to run programs and thus cut power consumption.

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