Author: Gregor Overney
Date: 23:55:46 09/13/99
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On September 14, 1999 at 02:04:09, Jouni Uski wrote: >I wonder if it makes any sense to write program for multi uP PCs? I think >they are only used as servers. But how many private persons really owns one? >I quess, that also in 2000s home PCs have only one main prosessor. > > >Jouni Almost all systems we are using at my work place are multi processor systems (PA-RISC and x86 architectures). It's so much better for SW development than a single CPU. Not just servers can benefit from multiple CPUs. The reason that home PCs will very likely not utilize multiple CPUs is cost. To lower cost, OEMs try to reduce the number of chips. Although, even home PCs would greatly benefit from multiple CPUs. Just imagine, you could run an 'infinite analysis' while surfing the net. Try this with one CPU. I started to use two computers due to the lack of a dual system at home. Gregor
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