[Beowulf] multi-threading vs. MPI

[Toon Knapen]

Greg Lindahl wrote:
> 
> In real life (i.e. not HPC), everyone uses message passing between
> nodes.  So I don't see what you're getting at.
> 


Many on this list suggest that using multiple MPI-processes on one and 
the same node is superior to MT approaches IIUC. However I have the 
impression that almost the whole industry is looking into MT to benefit 
from multi-core without even considering message-passing. Why is that so?

toon