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[ed]

On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 14:26:29 -0500
"Bryan J. Smith" <b.j.smith at ieee.org> wrote:

> On Sat, 2005-12-31 at 17:25 +0000, ed wrote:
> > I think it's part of the master plan to have 32 cores on a single
> > chip, think of it as network protocol. Sure, its better to have a
> > SCSI cable between computers, but that's just not workable over any
> > distance. Well, that's my 20pence that I read into it.
> 
> No, I think what Damien is talking about is that Intel is like having
> 32 SCSI cards -- one per drive, instead of a single SCSI card with 32
> SCSI channels, which is what HyperTransport is.

Yep, that makes no sense, since the disk can read only perform atomic
reads.

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