Re: Ultra AXmp

[Douglas Eadline <deadline@plogic.com>]

On Sat, 25 Jul 1998, Ward Deng wrote:
> 
> Of course, we dream someday we can use super-supercomputer to solve our
> problems starting from discrete domain but it is not possible in a forseeable
> future. Beowulf-type COTS systems are very exciting but the majority of 
> numerical problems are not in that category. Searching for low-latency,
> high-throughput inter-processor communication should be still listed high
> on our agenda. At least this is my view.

I think the point is that there are many problems that do fit the
"beowulf" model that previously were very expensive to solve. 
There will always be a case for the very high end (read as expensive)
machines.  But, a class of hardware that was previously unavailable
to many people just a few years ago is now very much in reach. 

We (Paralogic) are helping customers answer the question "will
a beowulf cluster work for me?"  And it all depends on
the application (problem) ....

Doug

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