Re: tlug: Re: linux cluster

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Thu, 15 Oct 1998, John De Hoog wrote:

> Darren Cook <darren@example.com> wrote:
>  
> > Pentium-II seems limited to 512Kb cache. The next Intel chip is supposed to
> > have larger cache (and be better designed for parallel processing), but it
> > is going to be *much* more expensive. 
> 
> The Xeon chips support up to 2 MB of cache. Yes, they are expensive, but
> Gateway just came out with a Xeon fully loaded model for under
> U.S.$4,000.

You can get a DEC Alpha for that... why would I rather have a Xeon
instead?

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