This is related to what Apple apparently calls "macroscalar architecture." Here's an excellent writeup and collection of links on what is involved: http://www.c

This is related to what Apple apparently calls "macroscalar architecture." Here's an excellent writeup and collection of links on what is involved: http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/asampson/blog/macroscalar.html http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/asampson/blog/macroscalar... (Someone previously posted that URL to HN as http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3887700 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3887700 and it received little response. Maybe the title wasn't sexy enough.)