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Re:Microprocessor Design (2017) by mpweiher on Thursday January 04, 2018 @09:34AM (#16070543)
> let's not design and implement a hundred different architectures

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> We need heterogeneous systems.

The first seems to be a call for fewer, the second for more architectures. Which is it?

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Re:Microprocessor Design (2017) by dschuetz on Thursday January 04, 2018 @09:45AM (#16070614)
Rather less the same system architecture reiterated in different cpu architecture implementations (AMD, Intel), and more special purpose processors for a heterogeneous/hybrid system architecture following certain standards.
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