Would it be a possibility for future, energy efficient, general purpose home computers could also have specialized processors for specific tasks?
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They already do! Most modern CPUs have special purpose logic for audio/video playback, data compression, 3D graphics, etc. However, the degree of specialization beyond these widely used tasks is less than in mobile systems since the main CPU is certainly powerful enough to handle most jobs.
Would it be a possibility for future, energy efficient, general purpose home computers could also have specialized processors for specific tasks?
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They already do! Most modern CPUs have special purpose logic for audio/video playback, data compression, 3D graphics, etc. However, the degree of specialization beyond these widely used tasks is less than in mobile systems since the main CPU is certainly powerful enough to handle most jobs.
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