> But 65,536 cores with 1KB of memory each doesn't sound very useful either. You've just described the general architecture of the Connection Machine[0], a lat

> But 65,536 cores with 1KB of memory each doesn't sound very useful either. You've just described the general architecture of the Connection Machine[0], a late 80's early 90's era supercomputer that was used for modeling weather, stocks, and other items. It was fairly useful in it's time. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connection_Machine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connection_Machine