Newsgroups: comp.arch Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: massive parallelism, was CDC 6600 and TI ASC Message-ID: <1991Mar8.175939.14312@zoo.toronto.edu> Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1991 17:59:39 GMT References: <45252@ut-emx.uucp> <1991Mar7.215545.430@zoo.toronto.edu> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology In article lamson@el1.crd.ge.com (scott h lamson) writes: >Given this line of reasoning, how do you look at massive parallel ala >the connection machine? ... My impression -- beware that it's an area I'm not really up on -- is that CM buyers are more or less aware that they're going to have to revise their software to exploit the thing. Buyers of "main line" supers want their dusty decks to run well, if not optimally, right away. The question is how many CM buyers there are, given that constraint. -- "But this *is* the simplified version | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology for the general public." -S. Harris | henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry