🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: comp.arch
Article #11527

Re: RISC vs. CISC -- SPECmarks

#11527
From: peter da silva
Date: Mon, 13 May 1991 12:16
11 lines
954 bytes
In article <1991Apr27.012655.6508@rice.edu>, preston@ariel.rice.edu (Preston Briggs) writes:
> peter@ficc.ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes:
> >Ah, the old Von Neumann botleneck. Time to apply RISC design techniques to
> >memory subsystems.

> Well, you _could_ rediscover the Connection Machine.

Is it reasonable to think about scaling the CM down to a desktop workstation?
-- 
Peter da Silva; Ferranti International Controls Corporation; +1 713 274 5180;
Sugar Land, TX  77487-5012;         `-_-' "Have you hugged your wolf, today?"
Technical Details
Message-ID: <_R9B1S2@xds13.ferranti.com>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uupsi!ficc!peter
References: <1991Apr22.044553.16805@mp.cs.niu.edu> <1991Apr27.012655.6508@rice.edu>

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uupsi!ficc!peter
From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (peter da silva)
Subject: Re: RISC vs. CISC -- SPECmarks
Message-ID: <_R9B1S2@xds13.ferranti.com>
Organization: Ferranti International Controls Corporation
References: <1991Apr22.044553.16805@mp.cs.niu.edu> <1991Apr27.012655.6508@rice.edu>
Date: Mon, 13 May 91 12:16:38 GMT