[66824] in Cypherpunks
Re: The Petaflops Boondoggle Computer (was PET_ard)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adamsc)
Mon Sep 30 00:04:36 1996
From: Adamsc@io-online.com (Adamsc)
To: "cypherpunks@toad.com" <cypherpunks@toad.com>,
"Timothy C. May" <tcmay@got.net>
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 96 20:39:28 -0700
Reply-To: "Chris Adams" <adamsc@io-online.com>
On Sun, 29 Sep 1996 12:16:27 -0800, Timothy C. May wrote:
>Symmetric multiprocessing is available, but it's often much less hassle to
>have a single CPU running at 200 MHz than to try games with multiple
>processors (which means more PCB real estate, more sockets, more of other
>things).
As far as SMP goes, it's actually not all that expensive. People in the
linux-smp list have reported differences of as little as $50 for a
uniprocessor vs. dual pentium system. Of course, every so often we'll get a
message about a $30,000 system that can handle up to <drool>64 Pentium
Pros</drool>!
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