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In article <1991May23.210000.8152@kithrup.COM>, sef@kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan) writes:
> In article <13445@dog.ee.lbl.gov> torek@elf.ee.lbl.gov (Chris Torek) writes:
> >There is no particular reason that the O/S [on a heterogenous MP] cannot run
> >the proper binary on the proper CPU automatically.

> Because then you wouldn't get any speedup on your old programs.  I guess.

If your older programs are *the* critical thing to speed up, then that's a
problem. But in that case you're unlikely to abandon the 68000, 8086, VAX,
or whatever family anyway.

For a concrete example... if I could get an 88000 in my Amiga, and I just had
to recompile one of the PD raytracers to get it to use it, it might well be
worthwhile. Especially with the fine-grained multitasking the Amiga supports.

On another point, heterogenous networks that operate this way have existed
for some time.
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