TTL computing

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Fri Apr 12 09:00:45 2002

>From what I read from time to time, it's not going to be long before those
software tools determine the optimal hardware configuration, hardware/software
interface, and then compile your application, including all the optimal
hardware characteristics and configure your hardware to assume that
configuration.

I don't know what that does to multitasting.

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Thilo Schmidt" <Thilo.Schmidt_at_unix-ag.org>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 5:13 AM
Subject: Re: TTL computing


> On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 02:05:40AM +0100, Tony Duell wrote:
> [a fine text about the AMD2900 series]
> Thanks for the introduction, again learned something... :-)
>
> > > You think of a specific Microcode-Machine with a well
> > > defined Microcode-Language and probably very sophisticated
> > > tools.
> >
> > You mean you don't just write the microcode in binary :-)... (Seriously,
> > I have done this once...)
> Well, all microcode I've written was in binary but it was only
> as an exercise. Today it's easier to grab some GAL or FPGA,
> write some VHDL or Verilog and let the tools do the rest.
>
> bye
>
> Thilo
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