From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 11 22:18:51 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 252BC1065670; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:18:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from artemb@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iw0-f203.google.com (mail-iw0-f203.google.com [209.85.223.203]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D182A8FC12; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:18:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn41 with SMTP id 41so1868388iwn.9 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:18:50 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc :content-type; bh=ZNky2jStnpHZmqTo/3SQZDgKe16QkjITkwR7kaS3Amg=; b=CtTDUCX0pMlbcVqKj6wXKx4SrzLdysXQJL9hLNhtlZTuwQxVR3ScLYzKUWyXN9uJ8/ JRzJqReIYjZGTDj6W5ftgnqfjzE6C2mVkNboS2u6m/5x1c2lFOc8dHfbnn+bPu1K12ex Lsceg6D3sanxrNbO/R3eSb7t6bK6BjS+SdI7w= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; b=US3ET5eX9KEiejBiz16OXBgE8h2ww5Qmz0Cm2hIUxvg4TzuoYwQ4Cjr0lpflqUZPqT QXlJWItRnNzEQYwT9ea5GJzR3x7JGzspCVSn/8htY/IoVTh7NX8rcJQUbA0bslDmaPMr 0lNp+0Nyhsh+Y7W/DSiJeordbsxTIgP8kO9bg= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: artemb@gmail.com Received: by 10.231.159.207 with SMTP id k15mr279297ibx.52.1265926730066; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:18:50 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <9bbcef731002111213q18d5d6b4pa6aea824eb9bb6ff@mail.gmail.com> References: <9bbcef731002111213q18d5d6b4pa6aea824eb9bb6ff@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:18:49 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: fcf774d65f201f8e Message-ID: From: Artem Belevich To: Ivan Voras Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Future CPUs - 128 threads X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:18:51 -0000 > Seriously, simply because of curiosity - are MIPS CPUs used in any > kind of "general purpose" machines? I'm not aware of any multi-core general-purpose MIPS box. Low-end MIPS CPUs are ubiquitous in low-end networking gear. High-end multicore MIPS chips are mostly going into mid-to-high end networking gear like firewalls. They are probably not a very good fit for general purpose computing. --Artem