Divide and conquer.

Discusses the theoretical capabilities of a link of small personal computers (PC). Speed as the most important factor involved in whether some computing tasks will still stump tomorrow's desktop computers; How programmers are rising to the challenge of making a parallel computer out of linked PCs;...

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Publicado en:Economist Vol. 341; no. 7996; pp. 82 - 84
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Economist Newspaper Limited 12/14/1996
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Sumario:Discusses the theoretical capabilities of a link of small personal computers (PC). Speed as the most important factor involved in whether some computing tasks will still stump tomorrow's desktop computers; How programmers are rising to the challenge of making a parallel computer out of linked PCs; The work of Andrew Grimshaw of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville; His use of metasystems software on a system he calls Legion.