On 22-May-07, at 8:26 PM, Matthew Fulmer wrote:

>
> Jecel is the local expert in processors. You should check out
> his site:
> http://www.merlintec.com:8080/hardware

I still think a very simple RISC architecture with a substantial  
above-the-bus chunk of memory that can be used for 'microcode' or  
data store, no traditional (and expensive) cache, transputer-like  
communication channels to other cores and probably no special  
floating point hardware would be nice. If you can get to a state  
where dozens/hundreds of cores can be sensibly used then one or two  
can spend their time as floating point units and if needed many more  
can join in. Likewise for video stream processing.

The really hard part is getting people to actually think about multi- 
processing solutions to problems. The software world is far too  
comfortable with single-thread thinking and the cosy fantasy version  
of Moore's Law.


tim
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