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- From: jarleb@athena.uio.no (Jarle Brinchmann)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: Utterly bizarre idea for Atari
- Message-ID: <1992Aug18.110632.426@ulrik.uio.no>
- Date: 18 Aug 92 11:06:32 GMT
- References: <1992Aug17.233720.6633@fcom.cc.utah.edu>
- Sender: news@ulrik.uio.no (Mr News)
- Reply-To: jarleb@athena.uio.no (Jarle Brinchmann)
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- In article <1992Aug17.233720.6633@fcom.cc.utah.edu>,
- bcc@lanai.Eyring.COM (Brian Cooper) writes:
- > >In article <1992Aug15.043618.17054@news.csuohio.edu>
- max@madnick.cba.csuohio.edu (Max Polk) writes:
- >
- Interesting discussion of parallell processing Atari deleted.
- .
- .
- .
- >
- > While we're at it, let's revolutionize the automotive industry by
- combining
- > 8 used Volkswagons (each might cost $400) to create a car with the
- power of
- > a Ferrari, for only $3200!! Yeah!
- >
- > Parallel processing machines have been the dream whose idea has never
- quite
- > come, perhaps because it is easier to create the hardware than to
- write
- > software that effectively uses it. Wasn't the Atari implementation of
- the
- > transputer intended to be a super-powerful multi-processor machine?
- How
- > many of those were sold?
- > --
- > Brian Cooper bcc@Eyring.COM
- > Eyring Corp. +1 801-375-2434 or 1 800 YES PDOS
-
- Well, parallel processing machines ARE the state of the art in computing
- nowadays,
- if you don't believe me, I would recommend you reading the last? issue
- of BYTE,
- where there is a discussion of parallel processing in connection with
- office
- computing.
-
- Since I have never programmed any parallel processing machines I won't
- make any
- statements concerning the simplicity og lack of it, but those at our
- institute that
- uses Cray, says it's no big deal, nowadays. As long as your program can
- be vectorized
- it should pose no big trouble. I'm talking here about scientific
- calculations,
- I guess Word-procs should be a bit worse.
-
-
- Jarle.
-