By: Michael S (already5chosen.delete@this.yahoo.com), October 16, 2012 7:35 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
Robert Myers (rbmyersusa.delete@this.gmail.com) on October 16, 2012 7:28 am wrote:
> forestlaughing (forestlaughing.delete@this.yahoo.com) on October 15, 2012 8:57
> am wrote:
>
> > Even custom vector machines have converged into slight
> variations
> > of what the server processors offer. The advantages of pulling
> functionality
> > into a single chip are huge. The one thing that can't yet
> be pulled into the CPU
> > chip, is main memory, at least not in sizes large
> enough to be super useful.
> > Perhaps chip stacking + TSVs will make this
> possible.
>
> If your answer to every query about why you are not building
> better computers is that you can't, then my response to every claim made by
> everyone in the business is that you should stop building *bigger* computers
> until you know how to build *better* computers.
>
> I will concede that one
> figure of merit that should get attention has gotten attention, and that is
> flops per watt. Aside from that, the business has essentially turned into a
> marketing claims factory.
>
> Robert.
>
Methinks, forestlaughing trying to tell that there is no single figure of merit.
Rather simple idea, don't you think?
BTW, could you propose your own figure of merit? Without trying to please everyone, just yours. But well-defined.
> forestlaughing (forestlaughing.delete@this.yahoo.com) on October 15, 2012 8:57
> am wrote:
>
> > Even custom vector machines have converged into slight
> variations
> > of what the server processors offer. The advantages of pulling
> functionality
> > into a single chip are huge. The one thing that can't yet
> be pulled into the CPU
> > chip, is main memory, at least not in sizes large
> enough to be super useful.
> > Perhaps chip stacking + TSVs will make this
> possible.
>
> If your answer to every query about why you are not building
> better computers is that you can't, then my response to every claim made by
> everyone in the business is that you should stop building *bigger* computers
> until you know how to build *better* computers.
>
> I will concede that one
> figure of merit that should get attention has gotten attention, and that is
> flops per watt. Aside from that, the business has essentially turned into a
> marketing claims factory.
>
> Robert.
>
Methinks, forestlaughing trying to tell that there is no single figure of merit.
Rather simple idea, don't you think?
BTW, could you propose your own figure of merit? Without trying to please everyone, just yours. But well-defined.
