29 May
2011
29 May
'11
2:02 p.m.
On 5/29/11 4:59 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
I love that quote. :)
Well,
*some* problems. Nobody in the game (well, nobody who knew
what they were talking about) was ever under any illusions that all
problems could effectively map to a massively parallel system.
I think (but can't remember for certain) that it was Neil Lincoln who
compared massively parallel processors to using nine women to get a
baby in one month. Some problems just don't parallelize well...
It's true. Though the theorists have made great strides in recent
years, there will always be problems that just won't map to that type of
architecture.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL