Re: 1teraflops cell processor possible?

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Del  Cecchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Don't forget the difference between "paper shows can be designed" and "is
>practical to design..."  The device has to be manufacturable (die size),
>coolable, powerable, and of wide enough interest to be worth dumping many
>millions of dollars into design and fab.  I wonder what the NRE will be at
>65 nm?

More seriously, "is programmable by the unadventurous clots who
dominate the software industry".  There have been many practical
designs for very high-speed computers that fell because of that
one.

For example, can anyone estimate what the ICL DAP would deliver if
implemented in 65 nm technology?


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.