Re: [f-cpu] Register Bank

[Michael Riepe <michael@stud.uni-hannover.de>]

On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 10:19:17AM +0200, Juergen Goeritz wrote:
[...]
> > > Did you try to synthesize this yet?
> > 
> > Are you kidding?  That's quick-and-dirty demo code, just enough to give
> > you people something to talk (and hopefully also think) about.
> 
> But just a small synthesize will give you an idea of the
> complexity in a real implementation. In VHDL it's small
> and easy but onchip it may be an awfull lot. I remember
> Armstrong saying something like "It's just a small step
> for me but a big one for mankind". Ok, a bit off-topic :-)

I would, if I could.  I have no synthesis tools on my Linux PC (and it
wouldn't be sufficient anyway with its poor 96 MB of RAM).  When Nico
tried to synthesize the multiplier on his Suns, he also ran into memory
limitations (1 GB is not enough for such a big unit if one turns on some
optimization bells & whistles during the run).  So, if you can provide
access to a multi-gigabyte multi-gigahertz multi-CPU system and a set
of synthesis tools for it, I will happily synthesize every piece of code
before I send it to the rest of the world.

BTW: Armstrong said "one small step for a man", IIRC.
But please also remember what Major Tom said in `Space Oddity':

	"... and there's nothing I can do."

In diesem Sinne,
-- 
 Michael "Tired" Riepe <Michael.Riepe@stud.uni-hannover.de>
 "All I wanna do is have a little fun before I die"
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