Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!hubcap!fpst
From: zenith@ensmp.fr (Steven Ericsson Zenith)
Newsgroups: comp.parallel
Subject: Re: New i860 parallel machine
Message-ID: <1991Apr23.171606.7430@hubcap.clemson.edu>
Date: 23 Apr 91 14:26:02 GMT
Sender: fpst@hubcap.clemson.edu (Steve Stevenson)
Organization: Clemson University
Lines: 31
Approved: parallel@hubcap.clemson.edu


   zenith@ensmp.fr (Steven Ericsson Zenith) writes:

   >Comp.parallel's been a bit boring lately, so come on guy's. Building a
   >parallel supercomputer today out of off the shelf parts has got to be
   >real easy (given the time and money). Hasn't it? How about candidates

   ... for a real programming model for this type of machine. Any fool can
   build it but the article in Decembers Scientific American shows that most
   supercomputers end up running two orders of magnitude slower than their
   build speed. Programming for consistent speed is not easy

   WIlliam Pickles

William, you haven't been paying attention. You are, of course,
absolutely right. But please, don't tempt me ... ;-)

Steven
PS. Requests for addition to the Ease mailing list can be sent to
- ease-request@ensmp.fr :-)
--
Steven Ericsson Zenith <zenith@ensmp.fr>
Center for Research in Computer Science
Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Paris. France


-- 
=========================== MODERATOR ==============================
Steve Stevenson                            {steve,fpst}@hubcap.clemson.edu
Department of Computer Science,            comp.parallel
Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-1906 (803)656-5880.mabell