Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!umd5!ames!oliveb!sun!shukra!ram From: ram%shukra@Sun.COM (Renu Raman, Sun Microsystems) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Single tasking the wave of the future? Message-ID: <36083@sun.uucp> Date: 10 Dec 87 04:49:41 GMT References: <201@PT.CS.CMU.EDU> <388@sdcjove.CAM.UNISYS.COM> <988@edge.UUCP> <1227@sugar.UUCP> <151@sdeggo.UUCP> <1423@cuuxb.ATT.COM> <439@xyzzy.UUCP> <440@xyzzy.UUCP> Sender: news@sun.uucp Reply-To: ram@sun.UUCP (Renu Raman, Sun Microsystems) Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mountain View Lines: 10 Digressing away from the tasking issue a bit - how long will uni-processor machines keep parallel processors at bay? Looks like saturation of HW techology is nowhere near. --------------------- Renukanthan Raman ARPA:ram@sun.com Sun Microsystems UUCP:{ucbvax,seismo,hplabs}!sun!ram M/S 5-40, 2500 Garcia Avenue, Mt. View, CA 94043