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Re: Power 7 CPU - 8 cores
« on: September 02, 2012, 11:02:54 PM »
Quote from: matthey;706309
The 68k is old and it was heavily influenced by the PDP-11/VAX-11 which would be ancient and quite an innovative design back then. I think it would be difficult to make fast on modern hardware but I think the 68k could be modernized and run well enough. A modern 68k would be the easiest to use and have the best code density of any "modernized" CPU (x86, ARM and PPC are old designs too). I think it could compete with ARM for small electrical devices. What do you think of this modernized 68k ISA:
 
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http://www.heywheel.com/matthey/Amiga/68kF_PRM.odt

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http://www.heywheel.com/matthey/Amiga/68kF_PRM.pdf
   
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http://www.heywheel.com/matthey/Amiga/68kF_PRM.html

I know there is no multiprocessing or caching instructions at this point but they are more dependent on the implementation. What do you like and dislike? Any love for the 68k besides me?


http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/homepage.jsp?code=PC68KCF