Comments on: Parallel Computing http://www.craigbailey.net/parallel-computing/ Clarity on Microsoft, SEO & WordPress Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:59:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Craig Bailey http://www.craigbailey.net/parallel-computing/#comment-3747 Craig Bailey Sun, 26 Oct 2008 06:48:34 +0000 /live/post/2008/10/25/Parallel-Computing.aspx#comment-3747 Yeah, but RAM is cheap :-) But hang on... perhaps parallelism is nothing more than a clever plot to sell more RAM. Dang, those hardware companies are smart! Yeah, but RAM is cheap :-)
But hang on… perhaps parallelism is nothing more than a clever plot to sell more RAM. Dang, those hardware companies are smart!

]]> By: Paul Stovell http://www.craigbailey.net/parallel-computing/#comment-3746 Paul Stovell Sat, 25 Oct 2008 23:57:51 +0000 /live/post/2008/10/25/Parallel-Computing.aspx#comment-3746 Nice overview Craig, though I remain skeptical. Currently in Windows Vista I have 65 processes running, with 863 threads, and all I'm running is Firefox, and the stats in XP aren't much different. The 1000 cores of the future could be quite utilized just running Outlook and all the Windows guff :) (Also consider each of those 863 threads takes 1mb of memory at least, and I suddenly understand where memory in Vista goes) Nice overview Craig, though I remain skeptical. Currently in Windows Vista I have 65 processes running, with 863 threads, and all I’m running is Firefox, and the stats in XP aren’t much different.

The 1000 cores of the future could be quite utilized just running Outlook and all the Windows guff :)

(Also consider each of those 863 threads takes 1mb of memory at least, and I suddenly understand where memory in Vista goes)

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