On 13 sep 2011, at 00.37, Sébastien Bourdeauducq wrote:
On 09/12/2011 11:31 PM, Rasmus Wikman wrote:
Because I couldn't find out if the processor was completely free from
patents like the open cores project is. Is it?
There's nothing that tells you the same about OpenRISC. As a matter
of fact, OR is closer to MIPS (which is a patent mine) than LM32 is.
Anyway, I challenge the patent-ability of *HDL source code.
Further, if you choose OR for anything that needs the slightest bit
of performance, then your project is headed for technical failure.
(There has been recent efforts in this direction by some OR
developers, but nothing conclusive yet)
http://www.beyondsemi.com/page/products/processor_cores/openrisc
Alright! I must say that I'm not really traversed in designing
processor cores, I just drew the conclusion that with ORSoC backing
the project with a clear goal in mind and with a huge community it
could in time become something.
http://orsoc.se/opencores-creating-the-worlds-first-open-source-openrisc-processor-asic/langswitch_lang/en/
So which article is more recent? At least there has been some updates
as late as August this year on the project page.
http://opencores.org/or1k/Main_Page
But anyhoo, it doesn't really matter, my main goal is to find a good
solution for a simple computer that hobbyists, geeks, artists and
(especially) school kids can tamper with.
Arduino has been such a huge success and I think it would serve the
community well to have a similar setup but with a "real" computer and
coding done in JavaScript (because there are such extreme amounts of
samples and tutorials thanks to it's popularity).
Would you say MilkyMist could be used for that purpose?
Rasmus
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