Re: Is Intel exceptionally unsuccessful as an architecture designer?

On 9/23/2024 5:45 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Sun, 22 Sep 2024 10:34:16 +0300, Michael S wrote:
 

The difference between MPP and cluster is not well-defined.
The difference between ccNUMA and MPP-or-cluster is crystal clear.

 If memory on other nodes were made directly addressable via hardware that
implemented something like a message-passing bus, suddenly the difference
is not so clear.

I guess the idea is to try to design things that try to minimize that down to a bare minimum, if at all... Keep things as local as possible?