Brendan Moran <bmoran@MILLENNIUM.CA> wrote:
> A while ago, under the [EE]: 60GIPS.... thread,  the idea of a
> PICList sponsored processor was proffered.  As near as I could tell,
> there was very little interest in it.  I'd like to know if anyone
> does have any interest in generating a PICList processor.
>
> I have a few base suggestions to get us started ;)
> Of course, I, frankly, expect this to completely flop like it did
> last time, but it's still interesting to discuss it.
>
> Von Neuman architecture,
> Stack oriented
> 16-bit core
> Robust ALU
>
> Anyone else?

I'm not really interested in designing a new processor at this time,
but my preferences would be:

Harvard architecture
Dataflow oriented
16-bit data paths
Multiple parallel functional units

These questions have been debated for more than 40 years; I doubt we'll
reach any kind of consensus here.

-- Dave Tweed

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