Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 17:51:04 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org> Cc: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com>, Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, noslenj@swbell.net, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dual 400 -> dual 600 worth it? Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.19991214174918.04736140@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912140500210.34286-100000@moo.sysabend.org> References: <4.2.0.58.19991213220839.00c869e0@localhost>
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At 06:05 AM 12/14/1999 , Jamie Bowden wrote: >Can I point out that the PC isn't the only platform on the planet? When I >was at NASA 16 processor (or more) Origin2000's and Sun Enterprise servers >with anywhere from 200GB to 1TB+ drive arrays on them were quite common. > >Eventually PC's won't be single processor toys. Multiprocessing has always been a stopgap measure to get extra performance out of a machine until uniprocessors caught up. The diminishing returns make tightly coupled multiprocessing far less desirable than loosely coupled (or uncoupled!) distributed computing. Just my 2 cents. --Brett Glass To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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