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From: johnsson@cs.chalmers.se (Thomas Johnsson)
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Subject: Re: Terradata architecures
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Date: 18 Oct 90 12:31:41 GMT
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In article <1990Sep28.020717.22610@dhw68k.cts.com> stein@dhw68k.cts.com (Rick 'Transputer' Stein) writes:

>[ ........ ] Shared memory systems are technological
>dinosaurs.

I disagree. Take a look at the BBN Monarch, described
in the April issue of Computer. The BBN Monarch is a true
shared memory parallel machine for up to 65536 processors,
each capable of 6 MIPS. I find it a very elegant design.
-- Thomas Johnsson



Thomas Johnsson 
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