Re: MISC-d Digest V98 #42
- To: MISC
- Subject: Re: MISC-d Digest V98 #42
- From: "Wayne Morellini" <waynemm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 15:51:11 PDT
From: Luis Commins <luis@anachreon.com>
>In order to do the sort of computer I want it has got to be very very
low
>power. We designed our own CPU and its an extereamly high performance
one,
>we had prototypes of it
>sometime ago and its blindingly fast, About 10 times faster than a P2.
It
>would have to be manufactured using a specially developed semi
conductor
>process. I've been talking to a company in this
>country and were at a fairly advance stage.
>It's an ultra RISC chip, which has an 8-bit word, and it has 16
principal
>instructions.
Thats funny I wrote to Clive about a 16 instruction Risc instruction set
design years ago, what is the structure? I know that he knows about
Chuck's designs I sent him some info on those too, is it Stack based?
Bye the Way where can I get his email, this is a man who can get money
and would be a good Patron for ITv?
>I don't want to go into too much technical detail or bamboozle you with
>jargon, but this little blighter Will be incredibly fast and very
>efficient.
This was taken from a quote by Sir Clive Sinclair (he of the ZX Spectrum
fame). The link is at: http://www.cdworld.co.uk/zx2000/clive.html
Luis.
Ohh is this where it's at (bye the way that processor was spossed to be
launched by the early nineties.
Thanks.
Wayne.
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