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I don't think I'd call the transputer "hardware multitasking" so much as "integrated communications network." For a time the T800 was the top of the FP pile. Not for long, though, and then the long, long, long wait for the disappointing T9k doomed the whole architecture.
>I don't think I'd call the transputer "hardware multitasking" "A Transputer had a number of simple operating system functions built into the hardware. These included hardware multitasking with foreground and background priority levels, hardware timers, and hardware time-slicing of background tasks." The Hardware and Software Architecture of the Transputer -- https://archive.org/details/Xputer There are special instr…
I remember being excited about The Machine [1] from HP: "The Machine will be a complete replacement for current computer system architectures. There will be a new operating system, a new type of memory (memristors), and super-fast buses/peripheral interconnects (photonics)." "HP says it will commercialize The Machine within a few years, “or fall on its face trying.”" It seems later happened... [1] https://www.extreme…
Later always happens.
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> agilely developed chips I feel there's a long way to go there. The economic structure of the industry is against agility because "deployment" remains stubbornly expensive, and the product culture is also much more conservative. > manufacturing also gets open sourced. It's one of the most capital-intensive industries in the world, so I don't quite see how this would work? Libresilicon are offering a 1000nm (not a ty…
Yeah, it's like open sourcing code for 3D immersive visualisation of deep-water seismic survey data, along with the detailed blueprints for the ROV and survey equipment. Awesome enough, sure, but pretty much useless to me. I can build the software like a boss on my laptop, but since I don't have access to any seismic survey data, a CAVE room to view it in, an oceanographic survey vessel, ROV and associated equipment,…
That depends on the number of cores.