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From: gilgalad@caen.engin.umich.edu (Ralph Seguin)
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Subject: Multi-processor i860 board
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Date: 22 Oct 90 15:29:17 GMT
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Hi.  I had heard that somebody is working on a multi-processor i860
board for the Amiga.  The base model consisted of 2 860s running at
40 MHz in parallel, with the option of adding up to 6 more (8 total).
This would be quite cool in that it would provide for some really amazing
computational power.  You could stick an Amiga 3000/25 on a network with
one of these babies in it and have it be a compute-server.  Everything
relying on the Amiga to get things done.  I like the sound of that 8-)
I'm not certain how much RAM you could add to it, but I had heard that
it was something like 128 megs.

Another interesting idea would be to write a version of the ieee libraries
that accessed this board.  It is important to note that special compilers
will have to be used in order to obtain fully-parallel code, etc.

			See ya, Ralph

PS-  I'm not certain about my numbers, but if the code is fully-parallel,
then the max compute power of an 8 node board should be something like
640 megaFLOPS.

gilgalad@dip.eecs.umich.edu       gilgalad@caen.engin.umich.edu

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