Re: the benifits
On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 12:16:57PM +0200, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote:
> As a norm, you want to avoid inter node communication as much as
> possible. This usually means each processing element has to be able to
> process as much information as possible and as the problem allows. For
> so called embarrassingly parallel problems you obtain much better
> results if you invest in some fast PEs than in a larger ammount of not
> so fast ones.
What are you saying here? Embarrassingly parallel problems are the
only ones where "total MHz" is even worth thinking about, so more not
so fast nodes with higher total crunching power would do a faster job.
Am I missing your point, or did you accidentally get it backward?
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