Reply by Steve at fivetrees●November 10, 20062006-11-10
"ziggy" <ziggy@fakedaddress.com> wrote in message
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> In article <ej2i36$ch1$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk>,
> "Paul E. Bennett" <peb@amleth.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> It seems that a few companies are starting to get into these
>> multi-processor
>> chips. See also <http://www.intellasys.net/> for the offering from
>> Intellasys. I am looking forward to clearing the decks enough to play
>> with
>> their simulator.
>
> Being partial to forth as well, ill have to take a peek.
>
> My only fear about these 'new' processors is picking one, getting heavy
> into it and having the company go poof..
>
> At least with a 8051 or something you know it will still be supported
> even if one supplier dissapears.
In article <ej2i36$ch1$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk>,
"Paul E. Bennett" <peb@amleth.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> ziggy wrote:
>
> > Ok, soI'im slow and just ran across these things. From a quick read they
> > look really interesting.
> >
> > Has anyone else messed with these things and have any opinions? ( good
> > or bad )
>
> It seems that a few companies are starting to get into these multi-processor
> chips. See also <http://www.intellasys.net/> for the offering from
> Intellasys. I am looking forward to clearing the decks enough to play with
> their simulator.
Being partial to forth as well, ill have to take a peek.
My only fear about these 'new' processors is picking one, getting heavy
into it and having the company go poof..
At least with a 8051 or something you know it will still be supported
even if one supplier dissapears.
Reply by Pete Fenelon●November 10, 20062006-11-10
Paul E. Bennett <peb@amleth.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> Has anyone else messed with these things and have any opinions? ( good
>> or bad )
>
> It seems that a few companies are starting to get into these multi-processor
> chips. See also <http://www.intellasys.net/> for the offering from
> Intellasys. I am looking forward to clearing the decks enough to play with
> their simulator.
I've spoken with Intellasys recently and their architecture certainly
looks to offer one hell of a lot of bang per buck. It's eccentric,
it's *very* Chuck Moore, but if you've got an application that
parallelises nicely and you aren't afraid of delving deep into FORTH
it could well be just what you need. Their system looks like it'd be
great fun to play with.
I've recently spoken with another fabless semi startup that's doing
something similar, with an equally prominent name involved; it looks
like the low-end micro is facing quite an assault from configurable
parallel systems.
pete
--
pete@fenelon.com "he just stuck to buying beer and pointing at other stuff"
Reply by Paul E. Bennett●November 10, 20062006-11-10
ziggy wrote:
> Ok, soI'im slow and just ran across these things. From a quick read they
> look really interesting.
>
> Has anyone else messed with these things and have any opinions? ( good
> or bad )
It seems that a few companies are starting to get into these multi-processor
chips. See also <http://www.intellasys.net/> for the offering from
Intellasys. I am looking forward to clearing the decks enough to play with
their simulator.
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Reply by ziggy●November 9, 20062006-11-09
Ok, soI'im slow and just ran across these things. From a quick read they
look really interesting.
Has anyone else messed with these things and have any opinions? ( good
or bad )