William "Chops" Westfield wrote: > =93This is very early proof-of-concept work where we=92re trying to > demonstrate a convenient way to program FPGAs so that their potential > to provide very fast processing power could be used much more widely > in future computing and electronics." > > This article in eetimes is a bit more enlightening: > http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4211856/1-000-processors-on-a-Xil= inx-FPGA > Note the reference to reconfigurable computing; I think this has more > to do with creating a 1000-core specialized-algorithm device "on the > fly" than implementing a general purpose 1000-core CPU. Yes, they wrote: "...efficiency over traditional architectures via customizing, even at runtime, the topology of the underlying architecture to match the specific needs of a given application." But, let me guess, they target Speedster 22i FPGAs as well, not only Xilinx's FPGAs. There were no a press release by Intel, there was only a blog post on the d= eal: A Minute On Manufacturing Access http://blogs.intel.com/technology/2010/10/ --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .