Re: [tlug] dedicating program to a particular core through the OS

[Edward Middleton <emiddleton@example.com>]

Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> Finally, it's possible for the cores to be non-identical.  A common
> example is the FPU (which we no longer even think of as a separate
> core).  You could imagine pairing a CISC core with a RISC core (but
> that would be dumb ;-).  However, a lot of discussion (about 1-2 years
> ago, I only follow it when it hits CACM and not always then) has been
> about asymmetric cores, with a standard CPU as one core, and an array
> processor (typically a slightly generalized graphics array) as the
> other core or cores.
>   

I like the approach in the OMAP processors[1], i.e.  arm core for the
OS, PowerVR GPU for video and a c64x dsp for video/audio signal
processing. Makes you wish someone would start making decent mobile
devices ;)

Edward

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments_OMAP