Re: nForth
- To: <MISC>, "M. Simon" <msimon@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: nForth
- From: "Myron Plichota" <mplichot@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 10:08:20 -0800
Mike Simon wrote:
>The Xilinx tools have excellent on chip RAM for dual stacks.
>One of the reasons I chose it.
>
>The built in carry chains are also good for fast counters and adders.
>Precluding the need for look ahead carry chain up to 32 bits.
>
The Xilinx 4K series looks like a good candidate.
>Machine FORTH is competitive with compiled C.
>
I agree, especially on a Forth chip.
>You could do a two memory cycle 32 bitter on the XC4005 according to
>others who have done register based machines on this chip.
>
Do you know if the Student Edition design tools have the capacity to fill
up a 4010? Is VHDL the design entry method?
I think that the minimum return stack size would need to be 32 cells,
parameter stack 16 cells. Any comments?
Myron Plichota
