Robert Rolf  wrote:

> A thousand PICs does not a Mac truck make.
> In other words, there are some problems where the problem
> can only be solved efficiently with BIG SILICON.
> e.g. a million PICs are not going to work too well
> processing a 3 million customer database/billing cycle.

A thousand Pentium IVs wont make a Mac truck either :-) But I understand what
you're trying to say and I agree in part.

It's a shame you chose a database as an example of how a fast single processor
can outperform an array since most database applications actually benefit
greatly from multiprocessor architectures. A correctly configured array of 486s
will beat the crap out of an Pentium of the same overall MIPS rating for many
database applications.

Regards
Sergio Masci

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