Coprocessor - Other Coprocessors

Other Coprocessors

  • The MIPS architecture supports up to four coprocessor units, used for memory management, floating-point arithmetic, and two undefined coprocessors for other tasks such as graphics accelerators.
  • Using FPGA (field-programmable gate arrays), custom coprocessors can be created for acceleration of particular processing tasks such as digital signal processing.
  • TLS/SSL accelerators, used on servers.
  • Some multi-core chips can be programmed so that one of their processors is the primary processor, and the other processors are supporting coprocessors.

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