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From: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: chewing up mips with graphics
Message-ID: <2194@mmintl.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 16-Jun-87 15:49:43 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 16 15:49:43 1987
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Organization: Multimate International, E. Hartford, CT.
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Keywords: simulation processors parrallelism MIPS

In article <6328@beta.UUCP> dzzr@beta.UUCP (Douglas J Roberts) writes:
>Does somebody REALLY think we are going to run out of work before
>we run out of MIPS? Fat chance.

To be fair, the person who presented that view stated that there are plenty
of applications which will use all the processing power available, and then
some.  The question is, can we make effective use of greatly increased
processing power in common computing contexts -- the PCs on people's desks;
the Apollo and Sun workstations; the departmental VAX?

I still think the answer is yes.  It is true that a 100-fold increase in
power in the next 3 months would create a temporary overcapacity; one it
might take a couple of years to make much use of.  But I see no sign of such
a quantum leap.  As long as progress continues at its current (amazing)
rate, we will be able to use what becomes available in relatively short
order.
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Frank Adams                           ihnp4!philabs!pwa-b!mmintl!franka
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