[rescue] Re: Sigh

[ghub005 at xtra.co.nz]

Johnathan said:

> So, yeah, a quad-processor Challenge XL is probably about comparable to a
> dual-CPU U60, but that's a tiny configuration--almost no one bought a
> refrigerator-sized SGI to just hold one CPU card.  A fully-loaded
> Challenge XL at 36 195MHz CPUs will eat anything smaller than an E3000 for
> lunch at strictly CPU-bound tasks--especially those that are easily
> parallelized.  No one makes a dual-CPU system that fast yet.


Isn't there a thermal limit that a Challenge XL system reaches before you hit 36CPUs? </nitpick>

I'm still annoyed at myself for missing out on that Power Challenge XL system *grrr*. But by this time next week I should be powering up my latest project (hint: think Convex :-P). 

Regards,

Gavin