• DocumentCode
    1227380
  • Title

    Cost-effective parallel computing

  • Author

    Wood, David A. ; Hill, Mark D.

  • Author_Institution
    Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI, USA
  • Volume
    28
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1995
  • fDate
    2/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    69
  • Lastpage
    72
  • Abstract
    We consider how large memories can make parallel computing cost-effective even with modest speedups. As a concrete example, we use 1994 Silicon Graphics (SGI) prices to show that actual costups can be far less than linear for systems with hundreds of Mbytes of main memory. We consider hardware costs but not software costs, since we do not know how to noncontroversially measure the latter
  • Keywords
    DP industry; costing; economics; parallel processing; storage management; Silicon Graphics prices; cost-effective parallel computing; hardware costs; large memories; main memory; speedups; Backplanes; Bandwidth; Computer aided manufacturing; Costs; Delay; Hardware; Parallel processing; System performance; Throughput; Workstations;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9162
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/2.348002
  • Filename
    348002
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1227380