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Re: lean + mean


Luis Commins writes:

 > Look at the Transputer, no longer to be produced (was created by
 > INMOS) with all that power. Hell, I'd even use a DSP!! I'm working on

Out of curiousity: is the SHARC architecture (Analog Devices DSP
family) suitable for Forth? (Due to it's limited on-die memory one
obviously requires a very compact OS, and I'd like to build a DSP
array as the next step after my Beowulf (if only Athlon was already
available in quantities!)).

 > a new approach ('cos the F21 is way too much $) and I'm hoping to get
 > 1BIPs for about £30 out of the system, hmmm...now where's that empty
 > bottle of washing up liquid...