Now I know I am out of date on this but somewhere in the mists of time,
I could swear that IBM came out saying that anthing above 18(??? this
is a number I am not sure of) was not good, in fact it was bad as the
interprocessor costs was more overhead than they were worth. They
sited some physics law (IFIRC) .
Did IBM rethink the "law" or are they just throwing 54 processors out
hoping no one will order it?
My memory is cloudy but I seem to recall these statements around the
time of the 168MP.
Ed
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