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Re:IBM z14 Microprocessor and System Control Design by gaius on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @02:49PM (#18497035)
No, the Ares interconnect is brutally fast but it fundamentally isn’t doing anything as complicated as that. It acts as both storage and networking between the nodes.
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Re:IBM z14 Microprocessor and System Control Design by gnufx on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @03:20PM (#18555250)
I missed this at the time, but yes -- that's the point, in comparison with NUMAlink or whatever it is now. (s/Ares/Aries/)
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