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Foil 7 Some Comments about Parallel and Distributed Computing

From MetaComputing -- the Informal Supercomputer Tutorial for CRPC Annual Meeting at Argonne -- May 13 1996. by Mark Baker
1 Why use Distributed Computing Techniques ?
2 Expense of buying, maintaining and using traditional MPP systems.
3 Rapid increase in commodity processor performance.
4 Commodity networking technology (ATM/FCS/SCI) of greater than 200 Mbps at present with expected Gbps performance in the very near future.
5 The pervasive nature of workstations in academia and industry.
6 Price/Performance of using existing hardware/software.
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