Path: ...!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Michael S Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Is Intel exceptionally unsuccessful as an architecture designer? Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2024 10:34:16 +0300 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 30 Message-ID: <20240922103416.00004648@yahoo.com> References: <2935676af968e40e7cad204d40cafdcf@www.novabbs.org> <21028ed32d20f0eea9a754fafdb64e45@www.novabbs.org> <20240918190027.00003e4e@yahoo.com> <20240922025721.00002910@yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2024 09:33:49 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="7cf389fedf0711ba281ba05afcbdcfa6"; logging-data="2248312"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19s5O0gY/U4Lufyb05FlT3me95K7Kx0vaA=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:fByDtsbvb6vc9yA3tyvhwxTWoFY= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 3.19.1 (GTK+ 2.24.33; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Bytes: 2836 On Sun, 22 Sep 2024 02:12:31 -0000 (UTC) Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > On Sun, 22 Sep 2024 02:57:21 +0300, Michael S wrote: >=20 > > On Sat, 21 Sep 2024 23:34:40 -0000 (UTC) =20 > >> =20 > > Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > > =20 > >> On Sat, 21 Sep 2024 13:29:31 -0700, Chris M. Thomasson wrote: > >> =20 > >> > CPU's that are hyper close to the memory is good wrt locality. > >> > However, the programming for it might turn some programmers off. > >> > NUMA like for sure. =20 > >>=20 > >> I=E2=80=99m pretty sure those multi-million-node Linux supers that fill > >> the top of the Top500 list have a NUMA-style memory-addressing > >> model. =20 > >=20 > > You are wrong. > > Last ccNuma was pushed out of top100 more than a decade ago. > > All top machines today are MPP or clusters. > > Not that a diffference between the two is well-defined. =20 >=20 > If the difference is not =E2=80=9Cwell-defined=E2=80=9D, then how can I b= e =E2=80=9Cwrong=E2=80=9D? The difference between MPP and cluster is not well-defined. The difference between ccNUMA and MPP-or-cluster is crystal clear.