05-20-2004, 09:00 AM
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Swami
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Need For Speed: ARM Multi-Core Processors Coming Soon
Spotted this at Tech Report: " It seems that everyone is getting into multi-core chips these days. ARM has unveiled a multi-processor chip that can incorporate as many as four processor cores. The "MPCore" is designed to run between 335 and 550MHz and is targeted at embedded applications, so don't expect one on your desktop. However, chips based on the MPCore are expected out in the first half of next year and could make their way into cars, consumer electronics devices, and even PDAs."
SMP on a PDA? I know we've joked about it in the past, but, wow. 8O So who needs *that* much power on their PDA? :wink: Go on, I'm curious, what do you guys do with your PDA that could really benefit from multiple processors?
For a suitably detailed insight into the Processors (including a diagram of the MPCore architecture) you can visit here, or the ARM website itself.
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05-20-2004, 09:11 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Mar 2004
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the answer to that is easy.. I need that kind of power because I can have that kind of power. why would I settle for less?
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05-20-2004, 09:28 AM
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Swami
Join Date: May 2004
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Why Not?
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Originally Posted by bjornkeizers
the answer to that is easy.. I need that kind of power because I can have that kind of power.
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I think the correct term is "W? BIC!" :-)
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Originally Posted by bjornkeizers
why would I settle for less?
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Ummm, because you don't want to pay for it? Why do any of us settle for less than we really want?
Steve
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05-20-2004, 10:02 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Apr 2002
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Maybe because multiple processors would help to give me a better experience playing "Need for Speed" on a Pocket PC?
At first glance, I thought your post was about Need for Speed coming to ARM processors.
All kidding aside, I'm sure multiple CPUs would give a great benefit to multimedia applications if nothing else. Although you can say that it might be a waste to dedicated entire CPUs to seperate parts of a multimedia app when you can use DSPs and GPUs to do it more efficiently?
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05-20-2004, 10:05 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jul 2007
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ummm how about games :snipersmile:
Voice recognition, Better/faster handwriting recognition, Multimedia
And perhaps route finding (http://www.jenneth.info/archives/003490.html, might be processor bound)
Perhaps distributed computation 0X SETI
Compression.
Probably it'll be a case of "Build it and they will come"
<edit>Might it also be possible that if on of he new processors uses a similar amount of power as an old one we'd beable to underclock and get it to use less power?</edit>
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05-20-2004, 10:49 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Dec 2003
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Hmmm... playing DOOM3 on your PPC might be nice... wouldn't you agree.. :lol:
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05-20-2004, 11:16 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Apr 2002
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Not if the speed's going to be measured in Seconds-Per-Frame instead of Frames-Per-Second.
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05-20-2004, 11:19 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Apr 2002
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Hey buddy, what's the framerate you're getting on your Pocket PC?
I'M GETTING A WHOLE 87 SPF MAN!!!
 ops: OOPS... That's a bad thing. ops:
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05-20-2004, 11:23 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Dec 2002
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Hi,
Contrary to what Mr. Watkins believes. These chips may make it in desktop systems. See http://www.iyonix.com for more details. RISC OS users might know what this is.
Also further on that site see the news page and read about Merlin (or that companie's plans for future RISC OS). You'll see clearly that they're devoted to the desktop market of that OS. Which is coincidentally tied to ARM processors.
In fact I think it would be exciting to use these cpu's in a full desktop environment. Low power and yet fast enough for most applications (as proven by PPCs).
Regards,
EPDM
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05-20-2004, 01:17 PM
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Swami
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Originally Posted by epdm2be
Hi,
Contrary to what Mr. Watkins believes. These chips may make it in desktop systems.
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:?: Pardon? I was quoting an atricle. It's not what *I* think.
(You can tell it's a quote by the quote marks). :wink:
I'm all for "W? BIC!", but I was asked exactly *how* all this power (with extra cost) would be most usefull for you guys.
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