Processors And Memories
Realistically,
parallel computers must be made from commodity parts, which means that
the processors
will be RISC machines with large caches, large memories, support for VM,
etc.
–One
idea is to use a RISC design as a base and modify it -- it didn’t work
–From
scratch processors are never fast enough
–Best
plan -- try to use the RISC as it was designed to be used