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- From: rms@well.sf.ca.us (richard marlon stein)
- Subject: mpp technology survey questions
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- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 19:36:14 GMT
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- Survey Questions on massively parallel computing technology
-
- 1) What steps should industry, government, and academia take to
- expedite the introduction and adoption of scalable computation
- systems? What are the economic advantages or disadvantages from
- such an effort?
-
- 2) What aspects of scalable computation systems weigh against their
- use within multiple application domains when compared to the
- potential for using shared-memory multiprocessor systems?
-
- 3) Have you ever programmed a scalable computation system? Which
- one(s)?
-
- 4) Do you expect the PRAM model to become a major factor in the
- universal acceptance of message-passing multicomputer systems?
-
- 5) When do you expect the generational improvements in shared-
- memory multiprocessor systems based on CMOS VLSI process technology
- to cease?
-
- 6) What rational considerations should an end-user apply to the
- procurement process before deciding whether to acquire a scalable
- computation system or shared-memory multiprocessor?
-
- 7) What is your outlook on the software industry? Do you foresee
- the possibility that a "scalable" Microsoft could emerge by
- introducing a scalable operating system for scalable computation
- systems?
-
- 8) Why are scalable computation systems unbalanced in their
- capabilities to perform peripheral I/O?
-
- 9) If a balanced, scalable computation system could be built, one
- that affords an economically viable cost/performance advantage and
- is easy to program, what is the likelihood that its introduction
- would be successful?
-
- 10) Do you have ethical or moral concerns about the continuous
- introduction and integration of embedded computer systems into
- society? What are they?
-
- 11) What competitive advantage could be attributed to the
- premeditated design of scalable software for scalable systems? Are
- there penalties for building software with this goal in mind? What
- might they be?
-
- 12) What do you believe the current vendors of scalable systems
- should focus on in terms of marketing strategy? Product
- engineering?
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- Richard Marlon Stein, Internet: rms@well.sf.ca.us
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