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Foil 7 Architectural Trends: Bus-based SMPs

From Master Foilset for HPC Achitecture Overview CPS615 Introduction to Computational Science -- Fall Semester 1998. by Geoffrey C. Fox
Shared memory SMP's dominate server and enterprise market, moving down to desktop as cost (size) of a single processor decreased
Faster processors began to saturate bus, then bus technology advanced
Today, range of sizes for bus-based systems is desktop (2-8) to 64 on large servers
Cray 6400 becomes

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