Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Linus Torvalds, Patterson and different views (or different worlds?) « Multicore NZ

Linus Torvalds, Patterson and different views (or different worlds?) « Multicore NZ: "we already pretty much know the solution to scientific computing: throw lots of cheap hardware on it (where “cheap” is then defined by what is mass-produced for other reasons).
Designing future hardware around the needs of scientific computing seems ass-backwards. It’s putting the cart in front of the horse."

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