Future CPUs - 128 threads

[Andrew Duane]

owner-freebsd-hackers at freebsd.org wrote:
> 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


I believe I know of one such company....... :-)

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