On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 01:39:59PM -0000, Breathnach, Proinnsias (Dublin) wrote:
> Which begs the question ...
> Is there such a thing as Assymetric Multi Processing, using multiple
> *different* processors on a box ...
> ISTR a thread about AMD using the Alpha Slot / MoBo architecture a while
> back, which lead ppl to think that an Athlon for i386 compat, and an Alpha
> for number-crunching would be a nice mix ...
Sure, thats what modern computers are all about. 386's with 387 maths
co-pros. Of course, nowadays the maths co-processor is on the same die
but to all intents and purposes its a seperate processor. Your average
PC would have at least 3 assymetric processors; Main CPU, Audio DSP and
GPU. Of course, start including things like the motherboard chipset,
SCSI controllers, network cards, etc.....
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