On 21 Jun 2007 10:06:12 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >Barb, you think these architectures vary a lot. >They don't. They are just about all von Neumann architectures. >Oh yeah, you get differing numbers for memory sizes and addressability
However the new model of distributed processing bypasses this concept. We have local von Neumann operating systems, within various bigger infrastructures. As we start to divorce applications from the computer's native OS, the idea that Apple has implemented of changing the hardware from underneath the applications will be more common. This might include non von Newmann architectures. And the logic that high end CPUs have of starting threads just in case will expand. Eventually we might back into parallel programming results. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
