From: "hsh2@cov.ac.uk" Newsgroups: comp.parallel Subject: Future of massively parallel machines?.... Date: 26 Oct 1998 20:14:16 GMT Organization: Coventry University Approved: bigrigg@cs.cmu.edu Message-Id: <712l6o$h5d$1@encore.ece.cmu.edu> Originator: bigrigg@ece.cmu.edu Hi! Just wondering what is the future for massively parallel machines (ie. machines with over 1000 individual processors, such as CMs). Surely there will be a point when the chips cannot get any smaller, and interprocessor communication cannot get any faster (speed of light?), so the only way for these machines to get 'faster/ more performance' is to grow in physical size (more processors/ increased parallelism?) I'm new to massively parallel machines and am interested in the architectural aspects of future massively parallel machines and what ideas are out there to increase the performance of these machines without increasing the physical size. Are there any web pages out there which contain info. on current and predicted future architectural trends for massively parallel machines? Have you any ideas?, wacky or not I would like to hear. I've heard of hypercubes... how about spheres?... if the Internet (comms) was fast enough would it be possible to use connected computers to form a very massive parallel machine?? Is parallelism the way home PCs are or will be heading? ... oh and would anyone like to guess when a biologist will be working with a computer scientist to create a bio-chip? Regards, Mr. H. hsh2@cov.ac.uk -- Articles to bigrigg+parallel@cs.cmu.edu (Admin: bigrigg@cs.cmu.edu) Archive: http://www.hensa.ac.uk/parallel/internet/usenet/comp.parallel