LONDON: An American company has unveiled the world’s first personal supercomputer, which is 250 times faster than the average PCs.

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David Kirk, chief scientist at the company NVIDIA, has revealed that the Tesla supercomputers will go on sale for more than £4,000. Most consumers may consider that amount very hefty, but the company says that it is just a tiny fraction of what computers with similar capabilities usually cost.

The designers of the novel supercomputer believe that it should be able to help doctors process the results for brain and body scans much more quickly, allowing them to tell patients within hours instead of days whether they have a tumour.

Scientists also hope that they will be able to find cures for cancer and malaria faster than traditional research, as the novel personal supercomputer would enable them to run hundreds of thousands of simulations to create a shortlist of the most potent drugs. “Pretty much anything that you do on your PC that takes a lot of time can be accelerated with this,” said David Kirk, chief scientist at NVIDIA.

Sources: The Times Of India

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