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In article <6123@bu-cs.BU.EDU> bzs@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Barry Shein) writes:
>
>I believe that a factor almost more important than comparing where
>current machines are is to investigate where their vendors are going.
>The "mips" game is changing so rapidly that I for one tend to demand
>some outline of a vendor's game plan for the next (very) few years.
>
>A rule of thumb I am using right now is that vendors must be able to
>present to me the following clearly defined paths:
>
....a reasonable chart of where things will be soon.....

>I think the real problem will soon be finding ways to keep them busy.

Thank goodness that's the one problem we won't have!
At least in some sectors of this business, there's an infinite
appetite for performance out there. [Some of the CAD guys are great
examples: tell them you've doubled performance, and they say
"Oh good! we can simulate bigger circuits now....but it still
takes too long: when we can we have 4 or 8X?" ]

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