Re: Is Intel exceptionally unsuccessful as an architecture designer?

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