RE: MISC-d Digest V97 #28
- To: "MISC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <MISC>, "'Penio Penev'" <penev@xxxxxxx>
- Subject: RE: MISC-d Digest V97 #28
- From: "M. Edward Borasky" <znmeb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 08:26:12 -0700
- Cc: "MISC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <MISC>
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From: Penio Penev[SMTP:penev@venezia.rockefeller.edu]
Sent: July 24, 1997 14:36
To: MISC@pisa.rockefeller.edu
Cc: MISC@pisa.rockefeller.edu
Subject: Re: MISC-d Digest V97 #28
To summarize, I believe that for special purpose supercomputing, the MISC
approach will be 10 times the performance/price of the general purpose
approach. I remains to be seen whether this is enough for somebody to
make money on that.
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Penio Penev <Penev@pisa.Rockefeller.edu> 1-212-327-7423
My experience is that 10X price-performance is a *minimum* acceptable level for *viability* of a special-purpose computer. If you want to talk about *profitability* or *growth*, better make that 100X!