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This looks like just another computer with a lot of cores. What are the physically-based arguments against large advances in speed of _serial_ processors beside

• dmm 15y ago
  Supercomputers have been massively parallel for decades. They run customized operating systems, have very expensive interconnects(networks) and entire teams of programmers work to make applications that are able to use their full capacity. These are machines that use millions of dollars of electricity a year. They aren't really comparable to a laptop with 6 cores.