A computer system comprises a first processor 1 and a second processor 2 for use as a coprocessor to the first processor 1. The system has a main memory 3. The system also has a decoupling element 8 such that instructions are passed to the second processor 2 from the first processor
In a computer system, a first processor, a second processor for use as a coprocessor to the first processor, a memory, a data buffer for buffering data to be written to or read from the memory in data bursts in accordance with burst instructions, a burst controller for executing the burs