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- From: gvh@metrosoft.com (Gordon Van Huizen)
- Subject: Re: 100 Mips Intel NeXT.
- Message-ID: <1992Dec19.190834.3218@metrosoft.com>
- Sender: gvh@metrosoft.com
- Reply-To: gvh@metrosoft.com (Gordon Van Huizen)
- Organization: Metrosoft
- References: <92353.084626NLF102@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 19:08:34 GMT
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- In article <92353.084626NLF102@psuvm.psu.edu> <NLF102@psuvm.psu.edu>
- writes:
- > Okay, good point. Why replace the DSP when you don't have
- > to. If removing it would lower the cost of the NeXT, then do
- > it, but otherwise, sure, keep it there. Still a good idea
- > to have a main processor fast enough to do all the jobs,
- > just in case lightning strikes the DSP factory and burns
- > it down or something. :D
-
- I would lean more toward two very fast general processors
- - one to handle general tasks and the other to handle DPS
- and formerly-DSP audio functions (many of which are on
- the 040 in NeXTSTEP 3.0 anyway). You need the
- multi-processing, and it would be nice to have one
- programming model. There are things DSP's are very good
- at, but you can do quite a lot with 100 MIPS.
-
- All this is moot however - NeXT will do whatever they think
- is best.
-
- Gordon
-
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