17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
The author stated use of 8 processors and "aggressive vectorization", or, IOW, Using the 8 processors in conjunction instead of as 8 separate data paths, making their co-operative speed MUCH faster than an 8X increase. ---------- | From: Adam Shostack <netmail!adam@bwh.harvard.edu> | | Could someone explain why jumping to 8 processors knocks the | time down by a factor of 400, instead of a factor of 8? Is the 400 | billion years a load of crap, intended to sound more impressive than | 8? |