Re:Epiphany-V: A 1024-core 64-bit RISC processor
by aperrien on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @04:32PM
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> But 65,536 cores with 1KB of memory each doesn't sound very useful either.
You've just described the general architecture of the Connection Machine[0], a late 80's early 90's era supercomputer that was used for modeling weather, stocks, and other items. It was fairly useful in it's time.
You've just described the general architecture of the Connection Machine[0], a late 80's early 90's era supercomputer that was used for modeling weather, stocks, and other items. It was fairly useful in it's time.
[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connection_Machine