Re: bit-slice and microcode discussion list

2019-08-23 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 08/23/2019 12:47 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > From: Jon Elson >> On 08/22/2019 12:47 PM, Tom Uban via cctalk wrote: >> On a possible related note, I am looking for information on converting >> CISC instructions to VLIW RISC. > I think it might end up

Re: bit-slice and microcode discussion list

2019-08-23 Thread dwight via cctalk
siccmp.org Subject: Re: bit-slice and microcode discussion list > On a possible related note, I am looking for information on converting > CISC instructions to VLIW RISC. I'm impressed, cctlk went completely off the rails on the first reply to the list announcement, and has stayed there. A

Re: bit-slice and microcode discussion list

2019-08-23 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
> On a possible related note, I am looking for information on converting > CISC instructions to VLIW RISC. I'm impressed, cctlk went completely off the rails on the first reply to the list announcement, and has stayed there. At least the list itself is staying on topic.

Re: bit-slice and microcode discussion list

2019-08-23 Thread ben via cctalk
On 8/23/2019 12:00 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: On Aug 23, 2019, at 1:47 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: From: Jon Elson On 08/22/2019 12:47 PM, Tom Uban via cctalk wrote: On a possible related note, I am looking for information on converting CISC instructions to VLIW RISC.

Re: bit-slice and microcode discussion list

2019-08-23 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Aug 23, 2019, at 1:47 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk > wrote: > >> From: Jon Elson > >>> On 08/22/2019 12:47 PM, Tom Uban via cctalk wrote: > >>> On a possible related note, I am looking for information on converting >>> CISC instructions to VLIW RISC. > >> I think it might end up

Re: bit-slice and microcode discussion list

2019-08-23 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Jon Elson >> On 08/22/2019 12:47 PM, Tom Uban via cctalk wrote: >> On a possible related note, I am looking for information on converting >> CISC instructions to VLIW RISC. > I think it might end up looking a bit like the optimizers that were > used on drum

Re: bit-slice and microcode discussion list

2019-08-23 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 08/22/2019 12:47 PM, Tom Uban via cctalk wrote: On 8/22/19 12:16 PM, Eric Smith via cctalk wrote: On another mailing list, someone asked if there was any list specifically about bit-slice design and microcoding. I don't know of one, so I've created a new mailing list specifically for those

Re: bit-slice and microcode discussion list

2019-08-23 Thread Peter Corlett via cctalk
On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 12:47:28PM -0500, Tom Uban via cctalk wrote: [...] > On a possible related note, I am looking for information on converting CISC > instructions to VLIW RISC. Do you mean the theoretical basis, or implementing it? And is this ahead-of-time ("I want to run *this* binary"),

RE: bit-slice and microcode discussion list

2019-08-23 Thread Patrick Mackinlay via cctalk
Smith ; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: bit-slice and microcode discussion list On 8/22/19 12:16 PM, Eric Smith via cctalk wrote: > On another mailing list, someone asked if there was any list specifically > about bit-slice design and microcoding. I don't know

Re: bit-slice and microcode discussion list

2019-08-22 Thread Tom Uban via cctalk
On 8/22/19 12:16 PM, Eric Smith via cctalk wrote: > On another mailing list, someone asked if there was any list specifically > about bit-slice design and microcoding. I don't know of one, so I've > created a new mailing list specifically for those topics: > >

bit-slice and microcode discussion list

2019-08-22 Thread Eric Smith via cctalk
On another mailing list, someone asked if there was any list specifically about bit-slice design and microcoding. I don't know of one, so I've created a new mailing list specifically for those topics: http://lists.brouhaha.com/mailman/listinfo/bit-slicers The intent is for the list to