>This is simply incredible, to think that IBM would deliberately run BCT loops >to throttle, slowdown, CPs.
Why? This kind of thing has been around nearly as long as commercial computing. I remember when upgrades consisted of removing circuitry that slowed the processor down. The AMD470 had built-in decelerators. >It is one thing to cut back the CPU cache. It is quite another to deliberate >slow things down. Why? If you don't need the capacity, what's the issue? Would you rather pay full hardware & software costs for capacity you don't need. Also, this way, IBM has to build just one processor chip. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
