Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: George Neuner Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Is Intel exceptionally unsuccessful as an architecture designer? Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2024 14:15:28 -0400 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: References: <21028ed32d20f0eea9a754fafdb64e45@www.novabbs.org> <20240918190027.00003e4e@yahoo.com> <920c561c4e39e91d3730b6aab103459b@www.novabbs.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="2911527"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="h5eMH71iFfocGZucc+SnA0y5I+72/ecoTCcIjMd3Uww"; User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Bytes: 2702 Lines: 37 On Fri, 20 Sep 2024 19:32:32 -0700, "Chris M. Thomasson" wrote: >On 9/20/2024 7:28 PM, Chris M. Thomasson wrote: >> It would be HIGHLY local wrt its processing units and its memory for >> they would all be one. >> >> The programming for it would not be all that easy... It would be like a >> NUMA where a program can divide itself up and run parts of itself on >> each slot (aka memory-cpu hybrid unit card if you will). If a program >> can be embarrassingly parallel, well that would be great! The Cell >> processors comes to mind. But it failed. Shit. >> >> A system with a mother board that has slots for several GPUS (think >> crossfire) and slots for memory+CPU units. The kicker is that adding >> more memory gives you more cpus... >> >> How crazy is this? Well, on a scale from: >> >> Retarded to Moronic? >> >> Pretty bad? Shit... >> >> Shit man, remember all of the slots in the old Apple IIgs's? >> >> ;^o > >Think of the transwarp card for the apple iigs. I think it was called >that. It sped up the system for sure. Had one. It was a CPU accelerator board - not memory. The Transwarp board provided a fast 65816 and cache. It plugged into a slot but took only power from the bus. It connected to the system board via a cable plugged into the original CPU socket. The original //gs CPU was 2.5MHz. Transwarp was one of 2 accelerators that could be purchased, increasing CPU to 6, 8 or 10 MHz.