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Alot of words, not alot of content. I'll sum up the article for all that haven't read it: "Though I haven't seen what Apple will be offering with Grand Central,
by hunterjrj 18y ago
Alot of words, not alot of content. I'll sum up the article for all that haven't read it: "Though I haven't seen what Apple will be offering with Grand Central, I am making an assertion that the fundamental problems found in multi-core computing can't be solved by anybody. Ever."
Does this remind anyone else of a certain Bill Gates quote regarding 640k being enough for anyone?
- evgen 18y agoPerhaps a more accurate assertion would be this: companies like Intel and AMD have a lot more smart people working on this problem, and can actually tweak the hardware to assist in their search for a solution and yet they still have not managed to crack this nut -- anyone who believes that an OS vendor will be offering more than a simplistic solution to this problem is quite delusional.
- wmf 18y agoNo, it doesn't. There are fundamental laws governing parallelization of code, and Apple can't beat them: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=222279 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=222279 And that's not even getting into the speed of light.