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On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 10:23:04PM -0600, Jesse Pollard wrote:
> And that is not "Big Iron".
> sorry - Big Iron is a 1 -5 TFlop single system image, shared memory, with 
> streaming vector processor...

Thank you for putting things in their perspectives.

This is why I call x86en maxed to their architectural limits "midrange",
which is a kind overestimate given their sickeningly enormous deficits.


-- wli
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