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- From: karhinen@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Anssi Karhinen)
- Newsgroups: comp.arch
- Subject: Re: What's wrong with stack machines?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov5.065116.8313@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 06:51:16 GMT
- References: <17144@mindlink.bc.ca>
- Organization: University of Helsinki
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- Nick Janow (Nick_Janow@mindlink.bc.ca) wrote:
- >
- > Chuck Moore's P20 (20-bit Forth processor) is supposed to have a 200 MHz
- > internal clock, using 1.2 um technology. It has fewer than 10,000 (maybe
- > 6000) transistors, which probably means that trace length isn't as much of a
- > speed limiter as on something like the 486. Scale the P20 down to .5 um, or
- > whatever Alpha is supposed to use, and 400-700 MHz doesn't sound unlikely.
- >
- > --
- >
- > Nick_Janow@mindlink.bc.ca
-
- Has the P20 chip been implemented yet? Is there any performance
- data or estimates?
- Any technical info on the P20?
-
- Sure sounds like an interesting chip among all the new multimillion
- transistor CPUs. Could P20 deliver cheap MIPS in a multiprocessor?
-
-
- cheers Anssi
-