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As a matter of fact, I think this concept dates at least as far back as the IBM 360. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_I/O https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch
by michrassena 9y ago
As a matter of fact, I think this concept dates at least as far back as the IBM 360.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_I/O https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_I/O
And you can find similar concepts in a standard PC today. The GPU is an example of offloading a workload to a specialized processor.