Re: Intel delays Merced

The key to the future speed is to get multiple processors working to
gether, moving large blocks of memory form 1 processor to another.  Instead
of a file server, it would a memory server.  This can be done with current
technology, such as the 12 way.  Why not a 1000 way processor??  The AS400
is a natural.  You have 250 active jobs, you have 250 processors.

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> From: Simon Coulter <shc@flybynight.com.au>
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: Intel delays Merced
> Date: Wednesday, June 03, 1998 7:26 AM
> 
> Hello Neil,
> 
> Not easily.  An AS/400 pointer is really a capability and part of the 128
bits in the pointer is used to hold 
> authority to objects.  Extending the address space to 96 bits can be done
with minimal pain (as in about the 
> same pain as CISC to RISC); anything beyond that will be just as hard for
the AS/400 as it is for lesser 
> systems.
> 
> Regards,
> Simon Coulter.
> 
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> > Date: Tue, 02 Jun 98 22:57:11 -0500
> > From: "Neil Palmer" <npalmer@NxTrend.com>
> > To: "'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'" <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> > Reply-To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > Subject: RE: Intel delays Merced
>  
> > So, if IBM gave Rochester the go-ahead we could see a 128-bit AS/400
> > before Intel gets their lowly little 64-bit chip on the market !   :-)
> > 
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