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Re: [f-cpu] Register Bank



On Mon, 6 Aug 2001 14:00:07 +0200
Michael Riepe <michael@stud.uni-hannover.de> wrote:

> 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.
I've read in Login HS no 7 (a french newspaper) that IBM has offered for 1024 users a mainframe zSeries : you have to subscribe to page http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/os/linux/lcds/ whitch will give you an account to process what you want.
> 
> 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."
And we will perhaps addeed, IBM has done it?
> 
> 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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