P21/F21

[klausb@xxxxxxxxxx (Klaus Blass)]

In a previous posting Jeff Fox wrote:

>My real interest is in F21.  With a 3 time faster processor clock,
>bigger high speed sram interface, and deeper stacks it is very easy
>to implement optiminzing native code compilers that will generate
>much fast code.

and in another one Mark Walker wrote:

>Actually, I had decided to sit tight for the F21's debut, but got
>(re)excited by recent postings... 

I think it's getting increasingly clear that the P21 will serve 
mainly as a prototype evaluation chip, and that most people who
are thinking to develop for it are going to wait for F21 or P32.
I guess, so will I. Still I am overanxious to get may hands on a
P21Forth eprom in order to explore the '21 concept using my P21 kit.
As for an ideal hardware setup the 15 ns SRAM keeps popping up 
frequently. So I guess an ideal setup will use a limited amount of fast 
SRAM as well as up to 1 MB of DRAM. So probably future '21Forth 
should make proper use of both, as well as the increased on-chip stacks
on the F21. Latter of which, BTW, I think would alone be worth waiting 
for the F21.

Klaus Blass