On 5/9/08, Bryan Bishop <kanzure@gmail.com> wrote:
>  And you can add/remove tools from the shop too, so
> it's a reconfigurable instruction set architecture. So, how do the
> compiler projects do it -- like gcc? Do they parse VHDL/Verilog files
> and then generate compiler modifications to let gcc target that
> platform? Are there ways to 'specify' the functionality that parts
> (such as an ALU, or in my case, such as an arm or lathe) provide? And
> would it be meaningful to try to generate both the ISAs and the
> compiler at the same time as a possible solution?
>

I do not quite understand you but let me try.

You can use the same MCU (same ISA), same compiler, but you
write different firmwares for different functions.

You can use the same FPGA, same tools, but different VHDL/
Verilog codes to have different logic fuctions.

You can have the same manufacturing lines, same PLC,
same motor drive, etc, but you write different PLC programs
to have different manufacturing process.


Xiaofan
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