> Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:54:45 -0800
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Is Scheme/Lisp somehow more "fundamental" than other languages?
>
> begin quoting Gus Wirth as of Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 02:14:39PM -0800:
> [snip]
> > The challenge you are looking for is to build your own CPU. This can be
> > done without having to develop shadowmasks and worrying about quantum
> > effects by using a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) such as those
> > sold by Xilinx or Altera. The FPGA is programmed in a high level
> > language (well, high level compared to laying out transistors) such that
> > you work with either individual gates or blocks that perform some
> > function. Take a look at Open Cores <http://www.opencores.org> to see
> > some of the things that can be done.
>
> Is there an FPGA big enough to emulate Sun's open-sourced Niagra core?
>
Yes, but they'll cost you. That size isn't cheap.
Gabe
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