X1000 general questions

[WolfToTheMoon]

I'm fairly confident that OS4 only runs on a single core.  They could try to run OS4 on each core as separate OSs, but who would care for that?  People want SMP for multicore support.

They don't really need the 2nd core because the OS4 is snappy as it is and there are no applications that would really need the added grunt of the SMP computing.
Their time would be much better spent in bringing USB 2.0 or modern 3D support rather then making AMP or SMP on OS4. Especially since adding SMP would probably break most applications and would be a major rework of the OS itself and judging by Hyperion's speed in bringing updates it would mean that the OS4 would have a usable SMP somewhere in the 2020-2025 timeframe.

[WolfToTheMoon]

SMP means different things to different people, but Amiga users know that symmetry is not the only road to success (think Paula). Hyperion has some conceps and ideas they haven't talked much about yet, but at Amiwest you could tell they know their stuff and are ready to go beyond just copying what is found elsewhere.

Is this the same Hyperion that said they were having high hopes for OS4 in the embedded market and web kiosks? The same Hyperion who is yet to release the USB 2.0 functionality in OS4? Color me suspicious...

[WolfToTheMoon]

You and I both know when the A1X1K is released, OS4 is not going to be SMP.  Who will want to use Xena and for what purpose when they get their A1X1K out of the box?  I'm sure Hyperion has some loft dreams they want OS4 to reach, but that is a long way from reality.

Yes, more to the point... as there will be no Xorro expension cards apart from those home made ones, who will be crazy enough to try them out and possibly fry their 3000$ X1000 in the process. That is, assuming that OS4 ever gets the official software support for XMOS chips...

There is a reason why you do not see these hobbyist boards like XMOS and Arduino integrated on the MBs elsewhere...