Eugen Leitl wrote:

> [human limits - growing code]

Perhaps the copycat work Doug Hofstadter, did is a step in this
direction?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copycat_%28software%29

> [OpenMP doesn't match reality]

I agree 100%. But it didn't mess up the logic as much as MPI does. This
was a class, so every learning experience is interesting.

> FPGAs suffer the problem of lack of embedded memory. Consider
> GPGPU with quarter of TByte/s bandwidth across 2-3 GByte grains.
> You just can't compete with economies of scale which allows you
> hundreds to thousands of meshing such with InfiniBand.

You can have the same external memories with an FPGA as with a GPU. I
don't think that is an important difference between them.

> [large clusters with COTS]

Ok, but the networks used in clusters are a bit slow for the experiments
I want to do.

Steve Dekorte wrote:

> [NeXTStation memories versus reality]

I still have a running Apple II. My slowest working PC is a 33MHz 486,
so I can't directly do the comparison I mentioned. But I agree we
shouldn't trust what we remember things feeling like.

-- Jecel


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