A long time ago, we built multi-processor/multi-user systems architected on the Crey 6600. They had multiple 64K memory boards, the largest available at the time, with one dedicated processor. One dedicated memory board for the OS and one board for each user. Also a processor on the disk controller and one for each 8 serial lines. Most were Z80's with some 8085's. We had one customer who ran a small (10 doctor) HMO with such a machine. We had an Intel executive tell us that we we hiding the 'real' machine since the speeds we were showing were 'not possible' with his own chips, according to him. It got me to understand that even famous folks sometimes do not have a clue.
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A long time ago, we built multi-processor/multi-user systems architected on the Crey 6600. They had multiple 64K memory boards, the largest available at the time, with one dedicated processor. One dedicated memory board for the OS and one board for each user. Also a processor on the disk controller and one for each 8 serial lines. Most were Z80's with some 8085's.
We had one customer who ran a small (10 doctor) HMO with such a machine. We had an Intel executive tell us that we we hiding the 'real' machine since the speeds we were showing were 'not possible' with his own chips, according to him. It got me to understand that even famous folks sometimes do not have a clue.