Apple announces iToaster 16 processor Kitchen Appliance
Posted by Matthew on Tuesday October 21, 2003 @11:06PM
from the really-expensive-coasters dept.
Matthew writes: Apple design has announced its next triumph in the race to bring super-scalar computing to the home: The Apple iToaster.
With two IBM Power5 MCM Multi-Chip Modules, each having four dual-core G5 microprocessors and a whopping 144MB of on-chip cache, facing each other with a slot for bread between them, the iToaster will crank out 240 GFLOPS (Giga-FLoating-point Operations Per Second) while warming the perfect slice of toast every time.
“The operation is simple. You select ‘Traveling Salesman Fast Heuristic’ if you want a light toast, ‘128-bit RSA/SSL keyspace brute force decrypt’ for a medium brown, and ‘Browning Pattern Thermal Convection and Turbulence Model’ if you like your toast darker brown.” Exclaims Apple CEO Steve Jobs at the recent MacOrgy in San Jose.
“As you know, Apple has always innovated with system design, especially in the area of heat management. This allows us to recycle what would otherwise be wasted heat. And at a target price of just , it’s quite competitive with your higher end toasters that can’t solve massive matrix computing problems.”
Subject:iToaster fans
The only problem is that Jonathan Ive insisted on installing 18 individual fans into the final release model of the iToaster, separating it into 9 separate cooling zones. Although extremely quiet, each of these fans is extremely efficient with the end result that the bread never actually heats up.
Apple refused to comment on the rumored purchase of 1,100 iToasters by a university in the mid-west said to be seeking to build a superPizzaOven.
Comment by conrad — October 23, 2003 @ 8:34 am
Subject:Very Cool
I Love this one!
Comment by winxp — May 8, 2004 @ 11:18 am