[rescue] Re: [geeks] THIS. MAKES. ME. SICK.

[Joshua D. Boyd]

CFD=Computation Fluid Dynamics.  It is used for things like predicting
traffic flow on the interstates and autobahn, and for more mundane tasks
like finding if a new rudder is more efficient on that spanky new yatch.

--
Joshua Boyd

On Wed, 13 Jun 2001, Brian Hechinger wrote:

> >> hey, SGI isn't doing too well these days.  at least they didn't just slap a
> >> Cray logo on a big Origin box.
> >
> >  They're doing fine.  They keep selling HUGE machines (with HUGE
> > profit margins) to government labs.
> 
> good.  i like SGI.  and i want them to do well.
> 
> >> the Alpha is actually a pretty slick CPU.  not vector mind you, but how much
> >> call is there for big vector machines these days? (Dave or James?)
> >
> >   As much call as there was in the 1970's.  Do we still run weather
> > predictions?  CFD?  Do we still do finite element analyses?  Of course
> 
> ok, i'm being dense, what's CFD?
> 
> > we do.  The types of operations that vectorized on the first vector
> > machines of the 1960s still vectorize today.  And if those operations
> > were BEST done on a vector processor back then, then they're STILL
> > best done on a vector processor.  By their very nature.  I can't think
> > of a better way to explain it; I hope that's adequate.
> 
> perfect.  i just don't think i realized how much stuff that would still be
> done today on a large scale was so vector friendly.
> 
> cheers,
> 
> -brian
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