Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!rutgers!lll-lcc!ames!pioneer!eugene From: eugene@pioneer.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Re: big memories, who needs >~1G Message-ID: <951@ames.UUCP> Date: Tue, 24-Mar-87 16:56:53 EST Article-I.D.: ames.951 Posted: Tue Mar 24 16:56:53 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 26-Mar-87 04:48:26 EST References: <506@thumper.UUCP> <50400001@hplabsc.UUCP> Sender: usenet@ames.UUCP Reply-To: eugene@pioneer.UUCP (Eugene Miya N.) Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. Lines: 26 In article <50400001@hplabsc.UUCP> marvit@hplabsc.UUCP (Peter Marvit) writes: >The suprising answer? Not more horsepower nor better floating point/vector >operations, nor lower power consumption. Bigger memory topped the list >(with faster being far behind). Would anyone who works with these monsters >(Eugene?) care to comment? >Peter Marvit >HP Labs Okay. Some computing applications grow to fill the available space. Anyone lacking the foresight to see some of this (the 1980s versions of the 1946 30-computers mentality), forget them..... They are not worth our time. From the Rock of Ages Home for Retired Hackers: --eugene miya NASA Ames Research Center eugene@ames-aurora.ARPA "You trust the `reply' command with all those different mailers out there?" "Send mail, avoid follow-ups. If enough, I'll summarize." ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ {hplabs,hao,ihnp4,decwrl,allegra,tektronix,menlo70}!ames!aurora!eugene