tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27540231.post4502848928865224413..comments2024-01-03T03:23:12.247-08:00Comments on Reconfigurable Computing: Threads Considered Harmful (for the same reason as Goto)Amirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05436827810418004991noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27540231.post-6593683158674207662010-03-17T13:13:33.726-07:002010-03-17T13:13:33.726-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.sojuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01234436310087829831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27540231.post-37319375497615182952008-08-26T13:48:00.000-07:002008-08-26T13:48:00.000-07:00Amir and Matteo,Thank you for the pointer to the 1...Amir and Matteo,<BR/>Thank you for the pointer to the 1995 HoPC paper. It feels like a powerful insight (or cause for despair). If has, to a degree, dashed some hope that 2D->3D migration will make everything all better. Only somewhat better!<BR/>-Shep Siegelsshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03856680952462186115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27540231.post-72994968887346185792008-08-25T13:34:00.000-07:002008-08-25T13:34:00.000-07:00Hi Matteo,Thanks for the comments and paper refere...Hi Matteo,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the comments and paper reference. <BR/><BR/>Should Cilk be lending credibility to "Threads Considered Harmful" arguments?Amirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05436827810418004991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27540231.post-50010971002529650682008-08-25T11:40:00.000-07:002008-08-25T11:40:00.000-07:00BTW, I forgot to sign the previouscomment.Matteo F...BTW, I forgot to sign the previous<BR/>comment.<BR/><BR/>Matteo Frigo, Cilk Arts Inc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27540231.post-5602328504940174052008-08-25T11:39:00.000-07:002008-08-25T11:39:00.000-07:00Amir,while it may be true that in generalComputer ...Amir,<BR/><BR/>while it may be true that in general<BR/>Computer Scientists do not believe<BR/>in physics, a few enlightened souls<BR/>exist who do.<BR/><BR/>In 1995 or so, Bilardi and Preparata<BR/>published a paper ``Horizons of Parallel<BR/>Computation'' that tried to understand<BR/>the structure of computers in an asymptotic limit where speed of light is<BR/>the bottleneck. Their computer Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com