IBM CLAIMS WORLDS FASTEST PROCESSOR

IBM has claimed they have created the world's fastest processor at 5.2GHz.  The z196 processor is a quad-core manufactured using their 45 nanometer technology.  The processor has 1.4 billion transistors and is capable of more than 50 billion instructions a second, all without any water cooling or fancy tricks.

Fujitsu's Venus processor claims to handle 128 billion instructions per second, so IBM may not be holding the crown for very long. [Engadget]