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Article #11782Re: VISC - A way to speed up moto cisc mpu's?
From: Sean Eric Fagan
Date: Thu, 23 May 1991 21:00
Date: Thu, 23 May 1991 21:00
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In article <13445@dog.ee.lbl.gov> torek@elf.ee.lbl.gov (Chris Torek) writes: >Why not just build a multiprocessor system with completely different >processors? I.e., ship a system that contains, say, one 68040 and one >or more 88x00s. There is no particular reason that the O/S cannot run >the proper binary on the proper CPU automatically. Because then you wouldn't get any speedup on your old programs. I guess. Historically, such ventures have not done too well. (Anyone remember the machine, many years ago, that had a 68k, a 6502, a Z80, and possibly one or two other processors? Dimension, mayhap? Anyway, it failed.) -- Sean Eric Fagan | "I made the universe, but please don't blame me for it; sef@kithrup.COM | I had a bellyache at the time." -----------------+ -- The Turtle (Stephen King, _It_) Any opinions expressed are my own, and generally unpopular with others.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cbmvax!uunet!kithrup!sef From: sef@kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: VISC - A way to speed up moto cisc mpu's? Message-ID: <1991May23.210000.8152@kithrup.COM> Date: 23 May 91 21:00:00 GMT References: <1991May15.110000.25800@Daisy.EE.UND.AC.ZA> <1991May15.183328.22820@kithrup.COM> <13445@dog.ee.lbl.gov> Organization: Kithrup Enterprises, Ltd. Lines: 16