Re: Is Intel exceptionally unsuccessful as an architecture designer?

On 9/20/2024 2:32 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Fri, 20 Sep 2024 11:21:52 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:
 

The basic issue is:
* CPU+motherboard RAM -- usually upgradeable
* Addon coprocessor RAM -- usually not upgradeable

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Maybe the RAM of the "addon coprocessor" is not upgradeable, but the
addon board itself can be replaced with another one (one with more RAM).

 Yes, but that’s a lot more expensive.

I had this crazy idea of putting cpus right on the ram. So, if you add more memory to your system you automatically get more cpu's... Think NUMA for a moment... ;^)