After looking back at my original post, I had rather buy a Soft-Core CPU than a hard version. The reason is that the soft version can be used in a FPGA that has more pins and eventualy in a package with other soft-cores. I guess there could be a minimum on the number of pins used but not maximum.
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Putting MiniMig and the 68k core on the same chip reminds me of commodore DTV. It would not bother me to buy a twin joystick with a keyboard in the middle and a mouse to the right or left of the outer stick.
Putting the two on one chip and then making an ASIC out it, if necessary, to make it smaller and cheaper would be nice. I feel some one mentioned the up front cost. I guess the manufacturer would have to weigh the benefit of doing so.
I hope my point is clear.
What's next hard-core cpu porn? :-D
okay that was cheesey.
