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=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, LOTS_OF_MONEY,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 35734240 for ; Fri, 29 Jun 2018 18:12:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 3D8D0A1B45; Sat, 30 Jun 2018 04:12:27 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D04AFA1849; Sat, 30 Jun 2018 04:12:11 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id F02D7A1849; Sat, 30 Jun 2018 04:12:07 +1000 (AEST) Received: from kvm5.telegraphics.com.au (kvm5.telegraphics.com.au [98.124.60.144]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98E12A1815 for ; Sat, 30 Jun 2018 04:12:07 +1000 (AEST) Received: from macpro.local (unknown [10.210.249.17]) by kvm5.telegraphics.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17F6828DBC; Fri, 29 Jun 2018 14:12:06 -0400 (EDT) To: Steve Simon , tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org References: From: Toby Thain Openpgp: preference=signencrypt Autocrypt: addr=toby@telegraphics.com.au; prefer-encrypt=mutual; keydata= xsBNBFVqRckBCACdUBQ565VYFZgKu+JjAeV2T/QIITeO+kPhViKuWooJADKB0Xra+AUSilML bmLYIPE1ZAWU3b12q0IxofU9wLe2AyQ/KIrUN891Fydhdsg6xVXRITrDobHUTyMQ8KlXMXO4 zsUq5TtlNkNbHOw6WCyoRpWUYJ1otpWVnjKLJFsvbSgtdjn2fZOLHL00wjZL+oYsFcx7aiYg bRQ7oO7nnDz7NyM/gsGWJazFLpZs1tuJSjR/ruYHCqyCa3VX1FaquVrHPkOWg0D5npDaSCWX 3OgbrarP75l43DLBuROuSJkZvLs41jrkhFeFSik2nZUwiSZWzsWAUMGMGCbGU2LljArzABEB AAHNL1RvYnkgVGhhaW4gKE1hYyBQcm8pIDx0b2J5QHRlbGVncmFwaGljcy5jb20uYXU+wsB4 BBMBAgAiBQJVakXJAhsDBgsJCAcDAgYVCAIJCgsEFgIDAQIeAQIXgAAKCRCZO7Ve+GktsrDp B/9gJ5gdVsQzyZUSYeInAi0Bm9+v1Q/ShTa5oGuTumdBMC+sf59Ib155ZkghKFIy7kpaHlfJ Z6d2wTKYZs0a9BDHNogmh9SHC3M3xWJp+Qkp7ZPU/lpsKAn6+wmShd+gccnJs4Ge6N8yJz/b y7d6bm+8TbB0iNmH6cO/OWD0+MTsndmv3zyHHIuPMkbWEDjZTResQHDccHp8tqp1FJ8vLxOt ufK7fEV3WbJCmgRSudU820rcgPl5C6UfW9PSCNijBh7w8fSI/z74hJrGo1/5dGz0BQWlpW78 8dJDWhRdF/a3aEAer0UgGuxTl2oiwsfWV4NpymuL9XN348oVXcf5vFk8zsBNBFVqRckBCAC4 FacZBvxMAy6bt5d6jxs8HaFFYdXIrp1nPDe4eJ/tMh/dAbQo4Q0ferTqXwgzqTQPYmszh3Uj w2qLnxHb20mQgABWcDqJusVSjL9Ep2Aewj13Va2+yhfT4CZUNSyimqQkGLDgGjm91dZzX8/F L1NKOwlFGupKPwwgkffkIqrKz2xK0uC+EW1OMrsXG9axNIPN34qJv8qRv9s/undM/B1+aBuj y6qWwCeemvlLRgzBb6SlZCPGrvd2DAwslGvChoLH3BlqVWsWm/GJCTiIKRBGj0WuZnqP1BRc XxfEpiKEoh36zGzcfN1ZdBQnsbqCoTTjhdgNxfqvg4vuUO07ZBzJABEBAAHCwF8EGAECAAkF AlVqRckCGwwACgkQmTu1XvhpLbKNFQf9HDX8oI8NbpPyRP8SGtA/qA/pWIYyEuNL/WmsxpsI oRo2YtvWFsOp44etI/HlLvBUpgdkZdXi1hkxtkxs/bt4Dh6Z4spnnhQFj6kVFSUR0Ung8XSW lezcdyhsrI3k49iERwO4FNkhwpa1hWdIOVcu+aDgpNlXgjQu5Dez3phiJYLuMzqgw1/41Ja1 KFAKk2qE+DAEDbhvHci8hN7H6wuJ+6mxtU8VBk17kixaYSUEg3L59FgHaJcE2d2E/HMKtiq0 A25hEoONuSfHHapmjCOZiYLnFn+LZgBDMo3XtY0WIaEA8jIEF12P/kL0uWu3ac+JfVGcM9W1 0699oyf/lCqxzA== Message-ID: <6650bebe-ebb3-3ee4-807c-96e9a3131f23@telegraphics.com.au> Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2018 14:12:06 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.11; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [TUHS] Faster cpus at any cost 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: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On 2018-06-29 4:51 AM, Steve Simon wrote: > I know this is a dangerous game to play, but what of the future? > > I am intrigued by the idea of true optical computers, > perhaps the $10M super-computer will return? > > GPUs have definitely taken over in some areas - even where > SIMD would not seem a good fit. My previous employer does motion > estimation of realtime video and has moved from custom electronics > and FPGAs to using off the shelf GPUs in PCs. On this topic, 10 years old, but the Kogge whitepaper on "Exascale Computing" might be of interest: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/242366160_ExaScale_Computing_Study_Technology_Challenges_in_Achieving_Exascale_Systems --T > > -Steve > >