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Article #11667Re: RISC vs. CISC -- SPECmarks
From: Jeff Carroll
Date: Fri, 17 May 1991 17:25
Date: Fri, 17 May 1991 17:25
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In article <_R9B1S2@xds13.ferranti.com> peter@ficc.ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes: >> Well, you _could_ rediscover the Connection Machine. > >Is it reasonable to think about scaling the CM down to a desktop workstation? Well, I don't think you'll see TMC do this (they really conceive of themselves as being in the *super*computer business), but there are people around who might build "mini-SIMDs". In particular, AMT has retargeted the DAP SIMD for the embedded systems market (and, as TMC did, they glommed on some floating-point chips in the process). Rumor has it that the large defense contractor E-Systems has chosen the DAP for implementation in GaAs. -- Jeff Carroll carroll@ssc-vax.boeing.com "Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives." - Socrates
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!ubc-cs!uw-beaver!fluke!ssc-vax!carroll From: carroll@ssc-vax (Jeff Carroll) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: RISC vs. CISC -- SPECmarks Message-ID: <3997@ssc-bee.ssc-vax.UUCP> Date: 17 May 91 17:25:48 GMT References: <1991Apr22.044553.16805@mp.cs.niu.edu> <1991Apr27.012655.6508@rice.edu> <_R9B1S2@xds13.ferranti.com> Sender: news@ssc-vax.UUCP Reply-To: carroll@ssc-vax.boeing.com (Jeff Carroll) Organization: Boeing Aerospace & Electronics Lines: 21