[1] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

wheel of reincarnationcoined in a paper by t.h. myer and i.e.
   sutherland "on the design of display processors", comm. acm, vol. 11,
   no. 6, june 1968 term used to refer to a well-known effect whereby
   function in a computing system family is migrated out to special-purpose
   peripheral hardware for speed, then the peripheral evolves toward more
   computing power as it does its job, then somebody notices that it is
   inefficient to support two asymmetrical processors in the architecture
   and folds the function back into the main cpu, at which point the cycle
   begins again.

   several iterations of this cycle have been observed in
   graphics-processor design, and at least one or two in communications and
   floating-point processors. also known as `the wheel of life', `the wheel
   of samsara', and other variations of the basic hindu/buddhist
   theological idea. see also blitter, bit bang.


see also:
blitter bit bang 

Reincarnation >> R Words
Reincarnation, definition of term: Reincarnation
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Ratchet Wheel >> R Words
Ratchet Wheel, definition of term: Ratchet Wheel
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Prayer Wheel >> P Words
Prayer Wheel, definition of term: Prayer Wheel
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Potters Wheel >> P Words
Potters Wheel, definition of term: Potters Wheel
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Roulette Wheel >> R Words
Roulette Wheel, definition of term: Roulette Wheel
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Spinning Wheel >> S Words
Spinning Wheel, definition of term: Spinning Wheel
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Water Wheel >> W Words
Water Wheel, definition of term: Water Wheel
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Steering Wheel >> S Words
Steering Wheel, definition of term: Steering Wheel
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Star Wheel >> S Words
Star Wheel, definition of term: Star Wheel
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Pelton Wheel >> P Words
Pelton Wheel, definition of term: Pelton Wheel
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