Dual cpu setup.

[StephanHarz]

Not much of a question but an idea that I'm posting publicly? I'm a intel user and been using intel for a long time and have a background in computers to some degree. 

I'm wondering why intel is not setting up for a dual cpu. With the rapid technological advances in ARM and how powerful they can be while requiring low power needs. I believe you can easily pair a ARM with a IX cpu. The X being a stand in for i9/i7 ect.

I know some of the hurdles would  be working with Microsoft and hardware and software engineer. Have the main system run off the ARM where the added power of the IX would not be required but in turn when something that requires that more power hungry needs of a IX... it can run at "full" steam without having to run base system. 

I can see where some issues can lie with doing something like this but also, I don't see any reason why it can't be done. This would give laptops a huge boost in power requirements for basic tasks but also still have the raw power when needed. Even with a desktop having that dual setup would not only have that computer run with less power most the time but also all the pros.

Hell I think I could do this myself if I had the tools/team available for the research and build... but I don't... I would love to have something like this for myself and I know alot of other people would as well.  

[AlHill]

There are motherboard designs that do support dual processors.   You just have not looked hard enough.

Doc (not an Intel employee or contractor)
[Maybe Windows 12 will be better]

[StephanHarz]

Yes, there is support for dual cpu but not for consumer grade AND on the current dual setups you can't have a intel and lets say amd cpu paring and second, on dual boards the load is spread pretty equally across the two.

In the setup that I'm saying, you would be matching a ARM architecture cpu to do one set of instruction that can be utilize the lower wattage of the ARM but then when doing some tasks that require a i7 or i9, being able to run those solely on the i9 while the ARM keeps doing the "basic" tasks.

[AndrewLobley]

The problem with that is that Intel CPUs have an x86-64 architecture while ARM CPUs have an ARM architecture. They are two very different and unique instruction sets, and your operating system has to be specifically tailored to the one you're using. You can't have an operating system that uses both architectures unless you want to use two operating systems, but then it's not useful anymore. Simply put, the problem is that those two processors speak two different languages, and that's really important.

[StephanHarz]

I understand that. But if you can have the main OS system ran by the ARM and most tasks and only use Ix for preset tasks. Example, normal computer use would be managed by the ARM cpu, but then when a heavy mathematical calculations are required, software/line of code knows that it will be better off the "power" chip like a i9. The i9 could then do the heavy lifting and then feed the data back to the arm. 

Windows powered by ARM, you are browsing the internet - using arm chip only. = great power savings.

Windows powered by ARM, you start to video edit, main edit program uses ARM? [maybe] but once you get to the encoding stage it "switches" to using the i9 cpu and after video is done, saves it and tasks ends. Much like it would be if using gpu video rendering today.