Re: Scaling noise

[Larry McVoy]

On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 02:18:51PM +1000, Anton Blanchard wrote:
> > I've frequently tried to make the point that all the scaling for lots of
> > processors is nonsense.  Mr Dell says it better:
> > 
> >     "Eight-way (servers) are less than 1 percent of the market and shrinking
> >     pretty dramatically," Dell said. "If our competitors want to claim
> >     they're No. 1 in eight-ways, that's fine. We want to lead the market
> >     with two-way and four-way (processor machines)."
> > 
> > Tell me again that it is a good idea to screw up uniprocessor performance
> > for 64 way machines.  Great idea, that.  Go Dinosaurs!
> 
> And does your 4 way have hyperthreading?

What part of "shrinking pretty dramatically" did you not understand?  Maybe
you know more than Mike Dell.  Could you share that insight?
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