[rescue] Odd SBUS cards - anyone want?

Jonathan C. Patschke jp at celestrion.net
Tue Apr 4 18:17:22 CDT 2006


On Tue, 4 Apr 2006, Joshua Boyd wrote:

>> Ah.  I guess it could be interpreted that way.  I'd be a fool to say
>> a 64-but SMP machine that can take 2GB of memory isn't a "real
>     ^^^
>
> I think you'd need something bigger, like maybe an E10k to handle that
> many buts.  If using unusually tiny buts, perhaps the U2 could be
> counted as a 2-but machine.

Not really.  One can implement 64 buts ((not a) and b) using only 192
transistors, which is well within the contraints of even a modest
integrated circuit.

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