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From: oconnor@sunray.steinmetz (Dennis Oconnor)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: chewing up mips with graphics
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Date: Fri, 12-Jun-87 08:01:46 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 12 08:01:46 1987
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Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY
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Keywords: simulation processors parrallelism MIPS
Summary: It is SIMULATION, he quips, that will burn all available MIPS.

[ Are there really line eaters? ]

Enuff on how graphics will chew MIPS. It will, but not like SIMULATION !
A revolution is occurring today in engineering, where more and more
computers, chemicals, parts and systems are thoroughly SIMULATED before
even a first prototype is built. On the horizon are even MORE complex
simulations, like the effect of drugs on biological systems, and
accurate faster-than-life atmospheric simulation. Even really simple
simulations ( like 100k-transistor CPUs ) eat MIPS. Simulation will
gobble up parrallism as well - what a bargain !

When it comes to producing new products in competive arenas, simulation
has been shown to be faster and cheaper than traditional methods. The
more MIPS you have, the more complex a system people will be trying
to simulate. So bring on the MIPS ! ( MFLOPS too, of course. )
--
	Dennis O'Connor 	oconnor@sungoddess.steinmetz.UUCP ??
				ARPA: OCONNORDM@ge-crd.com
 "Everything { used_to_have | has | will_have } a niche, even my opinions."