Re: lean + mean
- To: Luis Commins <Luis@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: lean + mean
- From: Eugene Leitl <eugene.leitl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 11:02:21 -0700 (PDT)
- Cc: atsvap@xxxxxxxxxxx, laughton@xxxxxxx, MISC, mplichot@xxxxxxxxx
- In-Reply-To: <s79499ff.079@ucea.ac.uk>
- References: <s79499ff.079@ucea.ac.uk>
Luis Commins writes:
> Look at the Transputer, no longer to be produced (was created by
> INMOS) with all that power. Hell, I'd even use a DSP!! I'm working on
Out of curiousity: is the SHARC architecture (Analog Devices DSP
family) suitable for Forth? (Due to it's limited on-die memory one
obviously requires a very compact OS, and I'd like to build a DSP
array as the next step after my Beowulf (if only Athlon was already
available in quantities!)).
> a new approach ('cos the F21 is way too much $) and I'm hoping to get
> 1BIPs for about £30 out of the system, hmmm...now where's that empty
> bottle of washing up liquid...
