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Re: Virtual computing
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Dave Waroff <[log in to unmask]>
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Dave Waroff <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 9 Dec 2003 10:32:53 -0800
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>What Larry is talking about is iCod, or "capacity on demand." Basically
>the machine is fully populated with CPUs even though you don't currently
>need them, and they are enabled when you need the capacity. You don't
>pay for them until you need them.

IBM did this with the 360: Flip a switch and double the cpu speed.

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