>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Wurmsdobler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Peter> Hi Tomek, probably you received my request on rtl in a alpha
Peter> AXP. Since nobody replies, I would like to ask you: Was the
Peter> question to silly, or what? I met a alpha AXP dealer for
Peter> Europe in Paris, and we talked about rtl. He offered to lend
Peter> me a alpha AXP, if we (Nicolas McGuire, a kernel hacker, and
Peter> me) port rtl to alpha. As far as I understand the alpha
Peter> architecture, it would be appropriate for real time signal
Peter> processing on a OS like rtl, because the same processor is
Peter> used for DSPboards and for workstation as well! What I needed
Peter> now, was some promising comments on this topic!
I've liked the Alpha ever since I saw the first drafts of the
architecture manual. It's an impressively clean design and has
excellent performance. There's been plenty of work done on it showing
how well it can perform jobs traditionally given to DSPs.
The one drawback is that Alpha platforms tend to be expensive. Compaq
has made noises about fixing this (but then again DEC made those
noises N times in the past, each time without real success.) For my
own (amateur) purposes right now, I'd love an Alpha but probably won't
want to spend the money; a tempting alternative is the StrongARM.
paul
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