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Re: legOS
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 1 Dec 1998 14:40:03 GMT
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Markus L. Noga <MARKUS.NOGA@INRIALPES.antispamFR>
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Tim L Casey wrote:
> Interesting. I view the actual chip implementation as software as well.
> Having seen a number of chips being built from scratch (like 3), and
> seeing the simulators for these chips run, then seeing the chip
> production
> source code (which is a lot like C, but with a lot less flexability.)
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> That source code is what most people think of H/W. It is really just
> a form of S/W which is implemented in silcon. At least from my point of
> view.
You have a strong point here. Since the advent of VHDL, Verilog and the
like, hardware is created with programming languages when full-custom
design istn't worth the bother.
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Markus L. Noga noga@inrialpes.fr
INRIA Rhône-Alpes http://www.inrialpes.fr/
IPR Universität Karlsruhe http://wwwipr.ira.uka.de/
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