How many parallel systems you have impelemented?
Thanks,
Lucho
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Sam Watkins <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think my main points were good.
>
> * can parallelize by duplicating subsystems / divide and conquer
> * can parallelize by pipelining, even down to the arithmetic level
> * latency is limited by Ahmdal's law, potential throughput should not be
> * multi-tasking can potentially use close to the full power of a system
>
> A factory is a parallel system. A car factory can come close to fully
> utilizing thousands of human and robot workers.
>
> I think well-designed parallel systems can efficiently solve many laborious
> computing problems. Invocations of Ahmdal have not convinced me otherwise.
>
> Sam
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