However, with the difference that year, they now require the co-processor is not the main purpose of personal computers, but for business users, servers and workstations, as well as an integral part of cutting-edge research, high-performance computers. These coprocessors are no longer limited to the tasks require more floating-point capabilities of the application acceleration, but more expensive computing resources on oil exploration, life science, scientific computing, medical imaging, financial analysis, information security fields and a variety of professional applications to accelerate business-critical applications. In the co-processor hardware, Intel and AMD are no longer in love with the traditional ASIC chip, but will want to mainly pinned on the new FPGA chip. Applications co-processors called Intel, AMD for the x86 platform thrown the plan co-processor, it was predicted x86-based computers will usher in another co-processor dual-core processor and the era of collaboration.
Solaris has many common, popular third-party tools, utilities and libraries, which can be used in Linux. Given the growing popularity of Linux, third-party vendors to support Linux, the number is growing every day. Red Hat and many other publishers for the Compaq / DEC Alpha offers a 64-bit version of Linux. You can learn AlphaLinux Web site for additional information about this Linux. Solaris 64-bit and 64-bit Linux / Alpha use the LP64 data model, it can bring very good compatibility. Soon, Intel Itanium IA-64 processor can use a 64-bit version of Linux. You can IA-64 Linux Project Web site for more information about this Linux. A support for IBM 64 Wei PowerPC architecture Linux are under development. Please note, although SuSE Linux / UltraSPARC kernel run in 64-bit mode, but the SuSE Linux / UltraSPARC currently do not support 64-bit user space application. Sun SPARC and UltraSPARC processors store integers in big endian format. If you want to port applications to the small end version of Linux, then you must resolve any application issues related to client format, the application can run correctly. You can also select the application to use the Linux / PowerPC, Linux / zSeries, or Linux / SPARC, they are Linux / Intel platform outside the big end.