Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rochester!pt!vlsi.cs.cmu.edu!gwu From: gwu@vlsi.cs.cmu.edu (George Wu) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: chewing up mips with graphics Message-ID: <1063@vlsi.cs.cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 23-Jun-87 09:54:52 EDT Article-I.D.: vlsi.1063 Posted: Tue Jun 23 09:54:52 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 5-Jul-87 18:38:02 EDT References: <8270@amdahl.amdahl.com> <359@rocky2.UUCP> <2194@mmintl.UUCP> <393@pembina.UUCP> Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI Lines: 12 Keywords: simulation processors parrallelism MIPS I doubt a 100-fold increase in computing power would create an over-capacity. If someone did come out with such a machine, he'd charge a bundle and clean-up! Like today's supercomputers, or maybe more like the supercomputers a few years ago, it'd be very expensive to get time on such a machine, let alone purchase one. Access would be limited to a few customers, those who really need the power and can afford to pay for it. Of course, if enough different vendors came out with such machines, forcing the dollars per MIPs down, maybe there would be such excess capacity. George