http://www.micsaund.com/2006/04/23/new-microcontroller-has-eight-32-bit-cores/ Mike's World of fun stuff (pinball, games, electronics, amusement parks, computers, more) Sat, 31 Dec 2011 03:38:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.micsaund.com/2006/04/23/new-microcontroller-has-eight-32-bit-cores/comment-page-1/#comment-2660 DIY 8-core game console teaches multi-threaded programming « micsaund.com Tue, 05 Dec 2006 06:43:52 +0000 http://www.micsaund.com/2006/04/23/new-microcontroller-has-eight-32-bit-cores/#comment-2660 [...] However, a new product has been introduced which is based upon the 8-core Parallax Propellor microcontroller called the Hydra. It’s aim more software focused than the original XGS. Between the hardware and the matching ebook, the user is educated on how to properly break-up a game engine thread so that it will efficiently execute on something with multiple cores. With the processing power available via the Propeller, the graphics and other functions on the Hydra are much improved over the XGS and are sure to please the user who’s primarily interested in software architecture. [...] [...] However, a new product has been introduced which is based upon the 8-core Parallax Propellor microcontroller called the Hydra. It’s aim more software focused than the original XGS. Between the hardware and the matching ebook, the user is educated on how to properly break-up a game engine thread so that it will efficiently execute on something with multiple cores. With the processing power available via the Propeller, the graphics and other functions on the Hydra are much improved over the XGS and are sure to please the user who’s primarily interested in software architecture. [...]

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