Re: Rewriting SSA. Is This A Chance For GNU/Linux?

On 4/5/25 4:00 PM, Farley Flud wrote:

On Sat, 5 Apr 2025 15:22:23 -0400, c186282 wrote:
 

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    Digital ... note that clock speeds haven't really risen in
    a LONG time. They can, to a point, make them 'work smarter'
    but how much more ? Not all tasks/problems lend themselves
    to parallel processing methods either.
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    So, yea, we're pretty much there.
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 The supercomputer people would disagree.
 Supercomputers, based on Linux, just keep on getting faster.
 The metric is matrix multiplication, a classic problem in cache
management.
 I don't know about the architecture of supercomputers but
the limit seems to be still quite open.

   Matrix mult is a kind of parallelization ... and we
   still have some room there. But not every problem is
   easily, or at all, suited for spreading over 1000
   processors.
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amdahl%27s_law
   Super-computers can use exotic tech, at a super price,
   if they want - including superconductors and quantum
   elements. NOT coming to a desktop near you anytime
   soon alas ......