Msg: 1244 *Conference*
01-05-92 18:28:31
From: JOE STEPHAN
To : ALL
Subj: WORLD'S FASTEST COMPUTER
I saw an interesting piece today on one of CNN's science programs. They showed a guy (didn't get the name) who heads the "Thinking Machine Corp." He was branded a fanatic by colleagues and the industry for his obsession with his theories. He refered to it as something like "massive parallel" (lack of computer knowledge showing through by person posting this), which once proven has produced the world's fastest computer. By being able to do many jobs/calculations simultaneously, his computer can now do in _one_ minute what it would take a PC two months! Joe