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Computer Hobbyist · 07-05-2001, 05:16 PM

I presume that all of the processors in a parallel tasking array must be located within a limited distance from each other and must have nearly identical hardware parameters? For example, is it correct to assume you can create a parallel array out of 1500 rack mounted Pentium III processors in the same building, but you can't array a bunch of mixed and matched processors spreadout in either time or space because of timing and integration issues?

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07-05-2001, 05:16 PM	#4
Computer Hobbyist Member (11 bit) Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Blue Springs, MO Posts: 1,766	I presume that all of the processors in a parallel tasking array must be located within a limited distance from each other and must have nearly identical hardware parameters? For example, is it correct to assume you can create a parallel array out of 1500 rack mounted Pentium III processors in the same building, but you can't array a bunch of mixed and matched processors spreadout in either time or space because of timing and integration issues? _______________________________________________ Ron Serious error. All shortcuts have disappeared. Screen. Mind. Both are blank.