Somebody in the thread at some point said: > Humm, I wonder how the ParalaXx(sp?) 'propeller' would run one of these os's? > I'd imagine it has a quite sparse instruction set, but it has 32, 32 bit > processors in it, running at about 50mhz each, using microwatts each. > Properly harnessed & pipelined, I'd think it could be pretty speedy & its in > a 48 or 64 pin dip package! I'd think the package would make it i/o bound, > but I'm just guessing. I read about those in Circuit Cellar while I was on holiday recently... from what I understood they are actually simply preprogrammed Altera Stratix FPGAs http://www.altera.com/products/devices/stratix/stx-index.jsp Well nothing wrong with that, but if you're going to pay a premium for a firm CPU you can get an ARM "macrocell" built into the price http://www.actel.com/products/fusion/ -Andy
