8 May
2007
8 May
'07
6:59 p.m.
Mark Tapley wrote:
>
>Sure, but no one (in their right mind) builds a general purpose CPU out
>of them. Well, unless it's a research or "toy" project, a prototype
>design, or something very unusual and high end[1], but even in that case
>it's still not making a general purpose CPU out of it.
Some people might disagree, but they may fit into the "high end[1]", but
not unusual. Unless you think that the machines that test the chips in
your cell phone or flat tv are unusual :-)
I'd be curious where you thing a NIOS cpu in an Altera fpga fits into
this discussion. Certainly a general purpose cpu. And it fits in
an fpga.
-brad