In message  <199706051616.JAA00657@netcom8.netcom.com> PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
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> On the subject of multi-processor systems, Mike Watson wrote:
>
> >Synergy does not apply to multi-processor systems. You always end up
> >with less than the sum of the parts because of the overhead of sharing
> >data.
>
> True, but don't knock multi-processor systems too hard.  I was the chief
> software / firmware architect on a professional computer-based system with

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I don't. I am a big fan of distributed processing. The control system
we sell has at its core 2 processors with up to 20 other processors
around handling hardware specific bits and pieces. It is pretty much
object oriented hardware.

Regards,

Mike Watson