mark@mips.COM (Mark G. Johnson) (07/15/89)
(heard at Stanford): Multi-processors are just a way of using up excess memory bandwidth. :-) If you don't have any, don't build em.
peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) (07/17/89)
In article <23365@obiwan.mips.COM>, mark@mips.COM (Mark G. Johnson) writes: > Multi-processors are just a way of using up excess memory bandwidth. :-) I must most respectfully note that the same has been said of RISCs. > If you don't have any, don't build em. Or make some. Still, it *is* a memorable quote. -- Peter da Silva, Xenix Support, Ferranti International Controls Corporation. Business: peter@ficc.uu.net, +1 713 274 5180. | Multiprocessors are just a Personal: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com. `-_-' | way of using up excess memory Quote: Have you hugged your wolf today? 'U` | bandwidth. - mark@mips.com