"Why doesn't every desktop computer then have 2 or more
  CPUs, one for infrastructure ..."

Let's do the CPU count embodied in most desktop PCs today:

   Keyboard - 1
   Modem    - 1 (excluding Winmodems)
   Monitor  - 1

How many more did I miss?

RF Jim



----- Original Message -----
From: "Byron A Jeff" <byron@CC.GATECH.EDU>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 9:34 PM
Subject: Re: [PIC]: PBK Questionnaire


> On Sat, Aug 17, 2002 at 06:49:32PM -0400, Jason Harper wrote:
> > BAJ wrote:
> > > OK. Good. Now explain why you have it setup this way?
> >
> > Ignore the fact that the onboard processor is a PIC.  I'll stick a
> > "Pentium 7" label on it if that will make you happier!
> >
> > It's INFRASTRUCTURE.  Asking why the user can't program it directly
> > makes exactly as much sense as asking why they can't directly use
> > the power supply filter capacitor in their project.
>
> No it's not. In fact it's exactly the opposite. Why doesn't every
> desktop computer then have 2 or more CPUs, one for infrastructure
> and the other for actual work then? Most programmable systems
> (desktops, PDA, etc) the primary CPU provides both the
> infrastructure (OS) and the target (applications).
>
> All I'm asking is why this system should be any different?
>

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