Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 3 May 1998 18:52:57 +0200 | From | Alexander Kjeldaas <> | Subject | Re: Asymmetric multiprocessing? |
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On Sun, May 03, 1998 at 05:30:03PM +0200, Rik van Riel wrote: > > Buzzword: Transputer. > Mainframe era buzzword: frontend computer. > > ie: You run the operating system on the 'main' (OK, > the right word is central) computer. Then the OS > runs the app(s) on the other CPU+RAM boards on the > BUS. > > IE: > - 1 Pentium 166 + 128M + loads of disks + network > - 3 PCI cards with single PII/400 (or a specialized > DSP for that matter) and 32 MB RAM. > > Then the programs need to be split up in 'small' parts > and the OSes can give each fast CPU a task to chew on. >
Alternatively, when IRAM [= intelligent RAM] hits the streets, let the central computer give each _DIMM_ a task to chew on :-).
1 pII with 128MB consisting of 4x32MB IRAM DIMMS with an embedded RISC cpu.
astor
-- Alexander Kjeldaas, Guardian Networks AS, Trondheim, Norway http://www.guardian.no/
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