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- From: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Amiga doesn`t need Planar!
- Date: 17 Feb 1996 09:40:37 +0100
- Organization: dis-
- Message-ID: <4g44a5$jup@serpens.rhein.de>
- References: <john.hendrikx.4exs@grafix.xs4all.nl>
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- john.hendrikx@grafix.xs4all.nl (John Hendrikx) writes:
-
- >So you think it would be easier to build a processor + 2 different DSPs and a
- >MPEG chip is easier than building one with 4 the same processors?
-
- Yes.
-
- >Adding an
- >extra DSP to a system is a lot of work,
-
- Why ? The DSP is more or less separated from the system. The additional processor
- however needs some tight coupling with the memory system (which also needs
- to be fast enough to support the additional processor).
-
- If you think about a losely coupled multiprocessor then it is easy though.
- But that's probably not what we are talking about.
-
- >Intel chips'. In any case it seems likely that multiprocesser systems will be
- >found in most homes in a couple of years, and the P6 certainly seems to be
- >capable of making it happen.
-
- If the P6 appears in multiprocessor systems then because there is no P7.
-
- >Or are you suggesting now that planar systems don't even have proper hardware?
-
- What "planar systems" are you talking about ? The only one you know ?
-
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- Michael van Elst
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