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From: anand@wotan.top.cis.syr.edu (Rangachari Anand)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer
Subject: Re: We want massively parallel processors !
Message-ID: <1991Mar1.174010.4470@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
Date: 1 Mar 91 23:39:39 GMT
References: <9103011038.AA15028@perisl.uucp>
Reply-To: anand@top.cis.syr.edu (Rangachari Anand)
Organization: CIS Dept., Syracuse University
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In article <9103011038.AA15028@perisl.uucp> al@perisl.UUCP (Al Schuilenburg) writes:
>lies.  Ever thought what would happen when the limits of nature were
>reached and single processors could be made to run no faster?  Man's
>desire for faster, better and better would soon turn to "put more on
>the job".  However, enough idle chatter.....

Such statements are undoubtedly correct in the long run, but I point
out that there seems to be no slowing down of increases in processor
speeds. I draw your attention to the new RS6000 series, the unannounced
HP machine (said to be a screamer) and the 100 MIPS SPARC processor from
TI. The real danger in parallel machines is that they seem to get
obsolete alarmingly fast.

R. Anand
anand@top.cis.syr.edu