[rescue] SMP on intel wasteful?

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 11:46:45AM -0700, Francisco Javier Mesa-Martinez wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Jun 2002, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> > >   The fact that big Linux clusters get a lot of press does not translate
> > > to "vector is is hardly used anymore".
> > 
> 
> Well if you look at the 500 list for June 2002:
> 
> Vector machines = 41  (8.2%)
> Scalar machines = 459 (91.8%)
> 
> If we do the same query for June 1993:
> 
> Vector = 332  (66.4%)
> Scalar = 144  (26.6%)
> Other  = 35   (7%)
> 
> .... enough said.

I think it is more fair to blame the shift of Cray and the US
Govt. than on whether one is more appropriate than the other.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd