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Foil 7 There is no Best Machine!

From Master Foilset for HPC Achitecture Overview CPS615 Basic Simulation Track for Computational Science -- Fall Semester 98. by Geoffrey C. Fox
In society, we see a rich set of technologies and architectures
  • Ant Hills
  • Brains as bunch of neurons
  • Cities as informal bunch of people
  • Armies as formal collections of people
With several different communication mechanisms with different trade-offs
  • One can walk -- low latency, low bandwidth
  • Go by car -- high latency (especially if can't park), reasonable bandwidth
  • Go by air -- higher latency and bandwidth than car
  • Phone -- High speed at long distance but can only communicate modest material (low capacity)

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