18 May
2005
18 May
'05
9:46 a.m.
From: ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk
It's alrady that bad.
The average Pentium micro (PC) has not less than three often more cpus.
For example:
CPU pentium S at 100mhz
Keybord interface 8042 micro
Keyboard (has one of several micros)
CDrom (at lest one micro)
IDE disks (one sometimes two micros)
Enhanced graphics card (Micro, esp if MP3 or???)
My first thought on reading Sellam's definition was 'hey, that means the
PC/AT is a mini, it's got the 80286 + an 8042 keyboard interface + an
8048 in the keyboard'. Then I read it again and realised he'd said 'for
general purpose programming', which rules out the microcontrollers in the
keyboard, keyboard interface, drives, etc. Although arguably the graphics
processor does count.
-tony
And the DSP in many sound boards.
Dwight
A "microcomputer" is defined as a computer
having no more than two
microprocessors used for general purpose processing within the computer.
For the purposes of this class, a "microprocessor" is defined as a central
processing unit comprised of not more than 4 individual LSI intgerated
circuit on a single board, with the entire ALU being contained within a
single integrated circuit.
Will this definition change when Apple starts selling 4 processor G5
towers? Or will those (and 4 processor Pentium workstations), not apply
because they are far too new?
-chris
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