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Shouldn't "is going to" be "will" like the first one that is "will"?
"Furthermore, there is another problem: delay. For example, for n = 1024, there are 10 switching stages from the CPU to the memory, and another 10 for the word requested to come back. Suppose that the CPU is a modern RISC chip running at 100 MIPS; that is, the instruction execution time is 10 nsec. If a memory request is to traverse a total of 20 switching stages (10 outbound and 10 back) in 10 nsec, the switching time must be 500 picosec (0.5 nsec). The complete multiprocessor will need 5120 500-picosec switches. This is not going to be cheap."
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anonymous Shouldn't "is going to" be "will" like the first one that is "will"? No.
- anonymous Shouldn't "is going to" be "will" like the first one that is "will"?
- No.
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anonymousShouldn't "is going to" be "will" like the first one that is "will"?
No.
0Do you mean that the text is about future? But I think it is explaining that this scheme isn't good for a larg N like N=1024, so we shouldn't use it for large N
0I have a different, perhaps unusual, interpretation. I believe the difference between this usage of 'will' and 'going to' is stylistic.
'will' is cool; 'going to' is warm.
anonymousThe complete multiprocessor will need 5120 500-picosec switches.
This is a cool, impartial, neutral, scientific view of what is necessary. It fits with the precedin
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