http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/17/hotzle_on_brawny_and_wimpy_cores /
I think our own Doug Eadline has been beating the drum (or the alarm bell) about multicore for some time also. "may not be preferable to chips with faster but power-hungry cores" Yeah - bring it on. Specialist computer rooms, flourinert cooling, unusual word sizes, and the HPC expert kept in a windowless room full of used coffee mugs. John Hearns | CFD Hardware Specialist | McLaren Racing Limited McLaren Technology Centre, Chertsey Road, Woking, Surrey GU21 4YH, UK T: +44 (0) 1483 261000 D: +44 (0) 1483 262352 F: +44 (0) 1483 261010 E: john.hea...@mclaren.com W: www.mclaren.com The contents of this email are confidential and for the exclusive use of the intended recipient. If you receive this email in error you should not copy it, retransmit it, use it or disclose its contents but should return it to the sender immediately and delete your copy. _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
