From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id c351deb7 for ; Thu, 28 Jun 2018 21:07:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 033DDA1B2D; Fri, 29 Jun 2018 07:07:16 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5ED0AA1B0A; Fri, 29 Jun 2018 07:07:08 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 40F21A1B0A; Fri, 29 Jun 2018 07:07:07 +1000 (AEST) Received: from hacklheber.piermont.com (hacklheber.piermont.com [166.84.7.14]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E7310A1815 for ; Fri, 29 Jun 2018 07:07:06 +1000 (AEST) Received: from snark.cb.piermont.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hacklheber.piermont.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E2501F0; Thu, 28 Jun 2018 17:07:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from jabberwock.cb.piermont.com (jabberwock.cb.piermont.com [10.160.2.107]) by snark.cb.piermont.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B4DA2DED65; Thu, 28 Jun 2018 17:07:06 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2018 17:07:05 -0400 From: "Perry E. Metzger" To: Lawrence Stewart Message-ID: <20180628170705.54d0b0ea@jabberwock.cb.piermont.com> In-Reply-To: References: <81277CC3-3C4A-49B8-8720-CFAD22BB28F8@bitblocks.com> <20180628141538.GB663@thunk.org> <20180628104329.754d2c19@jabberwock.cb.piermont.com> <20180628145609.GD21688@mcvoy.com> <20180628154246.3a1ce74a@jabberwock.cb.piermont.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [TUHS] PDP-11 legacy, C, and modern architectures X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On Thu, 28 Jun 2018 16:52:26 -0400 Lawrence Stewart wrote: > Some weird stuff gets built for CDNs! We had a real-time video > transcoding project at Quanta using Tilera chips to do transcoding > on demand for retrofitting systems in China with millions of old > cable boxes. Not I/O limited at all! There was a of I/O but > still more computing. Of course, Tilera is a many core architecture, so again, I think this supports the original point, which is we're now in the parallel and distributed age, and that demands software design techniques to match. (Indeed, If I Recall Correctly, the guys at MIT that designed the original Tilera stuff are now looking at building 1000 core devices.) Perry -- Perry E. Metzger perry@piermont.com