What, if any, is the difference between a multicore processor and a coprocessor?
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Coprocessors were developed to accompany microprocessors at a time when it was not possible to create comprehensive processors on a single?chip; for example, floating?point units and memory management units were just too complicated to include with CPUs. Coprocessors were tightly?coupled with microprocessors (using dedicated processor?coprocessor control signals). Typically, the processor was able to pass commands to the coprocessor.
Coprocessors did not include a full CPU (program counter and general?purpose registers). A multicore processor includes several cores (which may or may not be identical). However, each processor contains a full CPU including a register set, program counter and ALU. Although I have used the past tense to describe coprocessors, they are still used; for example, the ARM family provides instructions that support CPU?coprocessor connections.
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