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From: mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: self-modifying code
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Date: 13 Oct 89 14:37:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!mcdonald    Oct 13 09:37:00 1989



>>There is no defense against the ATTACK OF THE KILLER MICROS!

>We've been through this before.  When micros want to supplant the high-end
>supers, they'll have to come up with answers to the age-old (well, ok, 
>maybe 15 years old) problem of how to build a memory that will keep a fast
>CPU fed.  Such a memory costs a Whole Lot Of Money.  When you've sunk a lot


>Bob Colwell               ..!uunet!mfci!colwell
>Multiflow Computer     or colwell@multiflow.com

Prognostication:

When the need arieses (oh My, I'll leave that typo in. Our MIPS is named
Aries) the micro people will find a way to get the memory bandwidth
they will need. 4 megabit chips, itsy bitsy low capacitance wires,
a few ASICS, maybe even a few fiber optics, they will squeeze it into
the motherboard somehow. And it won't cost a Whole Lot of Money,
because it will be simple (outside the chips, of course!!) and
elegant.

Doug MCDonald