Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:28:27 -0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Artem Belevich <fbsdlist@src.cx> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Future CPUs - 128 threads Message-ID: <4B74AEBB.6070001@elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <ed91d4a81002111418q2d4529a7x329a491d0e347111@mail.gmail.com> References: <hl1ldj$4jp$1@ger.gmane.org> <ed91d4a81002111201r24b88befndeaf8d7f47dd36bf@mail.gmail.com> <9bbcef731002111213q18d5d6b4pa6aea824eb9bb6ff@mail.gmail.com> <ed91d4a81002111418q2d4529a7x329a491d0e347111@mail.gmail.com>
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Artem Belevich wrote: >> 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. However several companies are using FreeBSD as a base kernel for their appliance, based on these chips. So they are of direct interest to us. > > They are probably not a very good fit for general purpose computing. > > --Artem > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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