Paul Gilmartin wrote:
On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:47:40 -0800, Edward Jaffe wrote:
In his System z keynote address at SHARE in Austin, Karl Freund
described a hypothetical future machine in which non-z processor
"blades", mounted within the System z frame, would be available as
"accelerators" to applications running on the traditional System z
processors.
Like the cryptographic coprocessor?
There are conceptually similarities. But, "blades" are usually
fully-functional, complex computers with their own operating systems. I
don't believe that's true of crypto cards.
--
Edward E Jaffe
Phoenix Software International, Inc
5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800
Los Angeles, CA 90045
310-338-0400 x318
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http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/
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