Re: Scaling noise

Anton Blanchard
2003-09-03T04:20:07Z

> I've frequently tried to make the point that all the scaling for lots of
> processors is nonsense. Mr Dell says it better:
>
> "Eight-way (servers) are less than 1 percent of the market and shrinking
> pretty dramatically," Dell said. "If our competitors want to claim
> they're No. 1 in eight-ways, that's fine. We want to lead the market
> with two-way and four-way (processor machines)."
>
> Tell me again that it is a good idea to screw up uniprocessor performance
> for 64 way machines. Great idea, that. Go Dinosaurs!

And does your 4 way have hyperthreading?

Anton