Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 14:21:08 -0300 (BRST) From: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br> To: Hugh LaMaster <lamaster@nas.nasa.gov> Cc: <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: MPP and new processor designs. Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33L.0107271420130.5582-100000@duckman.distro.conectiva> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.05.10107261211400.24821-100000@kinkajou.arc.nasa.gov>
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On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Hugh LaMaster wrote: > - Since the mid-70's (that is 25 years now), logic/gates/real-estate > are no longer (economically) scarce > - Therefore, the key to the value/efficiency of any computer architecture > is how well it uses memory > - There are two key components to memory hierarchy performance- latency > and bandwidth Three basic truths, which spell an interesting future for Merce^WItanic ;) Rik -- Executive summary of a recent Microsoft press release: "we are concerned about the GNU General Public License (GPL)" http://www.surriel.com/ http://www.conectiva.com/ http://distro.conectiva.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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