Re: Asymmetric multiprocessing?
Alexander Kjeldaas (astor@guardian.no)
Sun, 3 May 1998 18:52:57 +0200
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
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Alexander Kjeldaas, Guardian Networks AS, Trondheim, Norway
http://www.guardian.no/
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