I think that the advent of MPP (massively parallel processing) and the
ability of certain processing complexes to get into the tera-flop range
using 256 or 512 parallel processors indicates that it must be possible. I
suspect it may be the way that the OS is set up.
Doug
At 04:43 AM 7/27/2005, you wrote:
You raise a good question Ed but "that was then and this is now". From what
I've seen of the MEASURED numbers - admittedly only up to 32-way in the CEC
- the reality has improved somewhat...
I'm not aware of recent software changes - but that's probably my lack of
awareness. But I have faith that the support for 32-way LPARs in z/OS
implies a certain utility in >16-way support.
Also, obviously hardware design has marched on. Again I can't articulate
the enhancements over recent processors - as they relate to multiprocessor
performance.
snip>>>>>>>>>>>>
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