IBM has unveiled a new dual-core processor, the 4.7GHz dual-core POWER6 processor which is double times faster than its previous generation POWER5 and using nearly the same amount of electricity to run and cool it. The processor bandwidth of the POWER6 chip is 300 gigabytes per second which said could download the entire iTunes catalog in about 60 seconds.

The POWER6 chip includes additional techniques to conserve power and reduce heat generated by POWER6 processor-based servers. Processor clocks can be dynamically turned off when there is no useful work to be done and turned back on when there are instructions to be executed.

IBM Press Release

[via Gizmodo]