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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. ----- other items -------- 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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