Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 14:18:51 +1000
From: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>
To: Larry McVoy <lm@work.bitmover.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Scaling noise
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> 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?

Anton
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