23 Mar
2004
23 Mar
'04
4:14 p.m.
Antonio Carlini wrote:
I think you've missed what AXE does.
I give you a spec for the chip (in this case DEC STD 032, the
VAX Architetcure Manual). You build the chip.
I did miss that point that it is a pre-production rather than
a post-production test.
I want to know if you've built a chip that meets
the spec or just one that "almost" meets the spec.
Don't look at me , my CPU's never meet the spec,
but then again I am not doing a commerical product.
Like who would invest in a NEW LS-TTL computer?
I tend to be over 20 ns my clock period or way too
many chips but I have fun unlike people in the real
world desiging CPU's.
CPU diags are there to check that the chip was stamped
properly
at the factory and still works after you spurt coke all over it.
Umm what about the cold pizza too?
That's not AXE's job.
Thank you for the
insight.
Ben.