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Introduction:
Hello, my name is Jon Squire and I have been using computers
since 1959.
Overview:
Read the syllabus.
Much of the lectures are covered in these WEB pages.
Some information is still presented on the blackboard/whiteboard.
The Top 500 Multiprocessor systems are evaluated every six months.
Not your typical home computers.
The Top 10 are shown www.top500.org/list/2006/06
More Lecture 1, pdf format
The free market system and resulting competition, provide better and
more economical products to consumers. Expect flip-flop between
vendors for best or most economical products.
misc news
core duo
AMD has announced their next move.
Sun and IBM are still in the competition.
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A standard engineering statement is:
Fast, Cheap, Reliable - pick any two.
Monopolies: Ford Motor Company, Standard Oil of New Jersey, IBM, AT&T, ...
Microsoft.
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