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Article #2758Re: parallel systems vs. uni-processors
From: Robert Claeson
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 1989 15:51
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 1989 15:51
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In article <12780018@acf4.NYU.EDU> tihor@acf4.NYU.EDU (Stephen Tihor) writes:
>ACutally all of DEC's new systems above the desktop are multiprocessors. Gotta
>keep moving up to avoid them there killer micro's.
A multiprocessor system is *not* the same thing as a parallel system. DEC's
systems are symmetric multiprocessing systems (if now only Ultrix could run
symmetrically multiprocessing) but *not* parallel systems. Don't confuse these
two concepts, folks. Almost all parallel systems can function as symmetric
multiprocessors as well. The inverse not always true.
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Robert Claeson E-mail: rclaeson@erbe.se
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