Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 09:04:29 07/17/00
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On July 16, 2000 at 19:37:59, Dann Corbit wrote: >On July 16, 2000 at 18:49:59, Robert Hyatt wrote: >[snip] >>8 is a limit _only_ for Intel machines. The alpha can do at least 32-way with >>a good memory crossbar switch. Far more if you don't mind message-passing as in >>the Cray T3E. > >There are already 64 CPU SMP Alpha machines in beta today. They are made by >Compaq. > >Two years from now, when the 21464 chip comes out, I predict that such a machine >could be world champion, if that was their desire. It could do Deep Blue >numbers in software! Compaq makes some of the best hardware on earth. Too bad >it doesn't get the market share it deserves. And if IBM got interested enough, >they could surely make things interesting again at any time. are these crossbar type connections, or NUMA, or what? Or does a non-disclosure prevent saying? :) Bob
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