Comment Timewarp SGI? (Score 0) 217
The CPU race is clearly already focused on multiple cores, not GHz. The next race is going to be in software and I/O. Multithreaded everything. More cache on CPU. Better memory controllers. Faster Bus ASICs and resulting front side buses. Nice machines are targeted for media and science applications....
Wait a second, most x86 has had RISC underbelly since pentium pro. Everyone is multithreading everything. I/O is getting a lot more press. Cache is multiplying. CPU clock is no longer the end all be all. The desktop is opengl. Programmable gfx and audio cards? If I didn't have a calendar, I would swear that we were discussing SGI, circa late 90's. Ahhh, SGI. RIP.
Wait a second, most x86 has had RISC underbelly since pentium pro. Everyone is multithreading everything. I/O is getting a lot more press. Cache is multiplying. CPU clock is no longer the end all be all. The desktop is opengl. Programmable gfx and audio cards? If I didn't have a calendar, I would swear that we were discussing SGI, circa late 90's. Ahhh, SGI. RIP.
