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OT, but im curious if one could design a system that had multiple kinds of processors? like for instance an x86 and as well as an ARM? I'm imagining the OS woul
by netcraft 6y ago
OT, but im curious if one could design a system that had multiple kinds of processors? like for instance an x86 and as well as an ARM? I'm imagining the OS would use one or the other but it could use the right processor based on the kind of application being executed, but also choose to use one that is under utilized through emulation if necessary. I suppose we do something like this when it comes to CPUs and GPUs already.
- svrb 6y agoIt doesn't really make sense. Different memory models mean that you'd have to be running two separate OSes, not some kind of unified OS. At most they could try to cooperate over some shared channel to transfer resources back and forth. Certainly not applications But now what you're talking about is two computers communicating over what could just as well be IP, which happen to be in the same box. Not terribly useful.
- netcraft 6y agothanks for the insight, makes sense.