On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, Alex Wulms wrote:
> ] The easiest way to get an extremely fast Z80 compatible CPU would be to
> ] ask Transmeta to develop a Crusoe with Z80 code morphing...
>
> Or ask Zilog to start producing that eZ80 they promised a while ago...
As I understood it, Zilog made a design for the eZ80, but wasn't going to
produce it. Companies that want to use the eZ80 can license the design and
find a manufacturer themselves. This is probably because the eZ80 is
intended as part of a "everything on a single IC" solution, where the other
components in the same IC will be different for every customer.
By the way, I think Z80 Crusoe would be faster than eZ80. But it's only a
theoretical processor. I don't think Transmeta themselves will write Z80
code morphing and I doubt that they will release the specs so that someone
else can create it.
Bye,
Maarten
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