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Article #13564Re: Ideas for coprocessor protocol(s)/interface
From: Dan Kegel
Date: Sun, 03 May 1987 16:03
Date: Sun, 03 May 1987 16:03
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In article <1458@drivax.UUCP> socha writes:
> > What new kinds of coprocessors might be needed in the future?
> Some of the more obvious co-processors that were discussed included:
> ...
> Language: APL operators, compiler operators (symbol table), etc.
> ...
> What can be a co-processor? Analyse a real system and anything that
> takes a large precentage of the time is a candidate.
Don't forget digital signal processing; there are chips out by Zoran which
are essentially vector signal coprocessors with a generic interface.
I'd love to hear if giving them a tighter (68020-style) coupling with the
main processor would be worthwhile.
- Dan Kegel ({seismo,rutgers}!rochester!srs!dan)
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