John Lane
11-26-2008, 12:30 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/gadgets_and_gaming/article5207626.ece' target='_blank'>http://technology.timesonline.co.uk...icle5207626.ece</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Where might you expect to find the world’s fastest PC? In the air-conditioned server room of a Silicon Valley tech company, perhaps, or cobbled together by boffins at a university? The reality is different: in the showroom of an electronics store off the Tottenham Court Road in central London sits a glowing black monolithic machine, the YoYotech Fi7epower MLK1610. This desktop supercomputer, built by a small British company, is nearly twice as fast as the next most powerful PC in the world. "<br /></em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/dht/auto/1227599650.usr18286.jpg" /></p><p>This is one of the new Intel Core i7 supercomputers, showing just how fast the i7 quad core chips are (even without water cooling). The feature I find most intriguing on this computer is the use of an 80GB solid state drive as the boot device. It claims a boot time of mere seconds, using an optimized version of Windows Vista 64. I do question the terrible name, though. Try searching the web for that Fi7epower!</p><p> </p>