Re: Scaling noise

Larry McVoy
2003-09-03T04:30:03Z

On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 02:18:51PM +1000, Anton Blanchard wrote:
> > 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?

What part of "shrinking pretty dramatically" did you not understand? Maybe
you know more than Mike Dell. Could you share that insight?
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