burgin@uncecs.edu (Robert Burgin) (12/13/89)
Does anyone know anything about the MULTIS parallel processing cards that were advertised in the December 1989 Communications of the ACM? The ad promises that these cards will turn a PC or clone into a supercomputer: sixteen of the little suckers will provide you with 640 MIPS of processing power. Is this legitimate? How does it work? Thanks and a tip of the Hatlo hat... --rb
emmo@moncam.co.uk (Dave Emmerson) (12/18/89)
In article <1989Dec13.134558.6734@uncecs.edu>, burgin@uncecs.edu (Robert Burgin) writes: > [] > of the ACM? The ad promises that these cards will turn a PC > or clone into a supercomputer: sixteen of the little suckers > will provide you with 640 MIPS of processing power. Hands up all those with 16 spare slots in their box... Not me! Dave E. %~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~%~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~% static char disclaimer[] { "These are MY opinions. My employers don't have the collective IQ to form an opinion of their own, that's why they hired me!" } %~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~%~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~%
Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU (12/20/89)
In article <308@marvin.moncam.co.uk>, emmo@moncam.co.uk (Dave Emmerson) wrote: >In article <1989Dec13.134558.6734@uncecs.edu>, burgin@uncecs.edu (Robert Burgin) writes: >> of the ACM? The ad promises that these cards will turn a PC >> or clone into a supercomputer: sixteen of the little suckers >> will provide you with 640 MIPS of processing power. > >Hands up all those with 16 spare slots in their box... Hands up all those with 16 slots *total*.... The most I've ever seen advertised is 12 slots. -- UUCP: {ucbvax,harvard}!cs.cmu.edu!ralf -=-=-=-=- Voice: (412) 268-3053 (school) ARPA: ralf@cs.cmu.edu BIT: ralf%cs.cmu.edu@CMUCCVMA FIDO: Ralf Brown 1:129/46 FAX: available on request Disclaimer? I claimed something? "How to Prove It" by Dana Angluin 13. proof by reference to inaccessible literature: The author cites a simple corollary of a theorem to be found in a privately circulated memoir of the Slovenian Philological Society, 1883.