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Offline NovaCoder

Re: I would/wouldn't like a production run of 060's
« on: August 19, 2013, 12:20:16 AM »
Freescale wouldn't restart 060 production, never going to happen I'm afraid.

I think the only possible future for new accelerators for Classic's is FPGA.   It's unlikely that anybody will implement an 040/060 as an FPGA but it looks like we'll soon have the a fully compatible 020/030 option.    If this design could be clocked much higher than a real 020 and have faster memory access then it might actually be able to perform almost fast as a real 060 when running Classic 68k software.   It might even be possible to add some 040/060 instructions to the 020 core in the future to enable it to run some 060 software.

The other option is for some to make an unpopulated board which would be nice but I don't see it happening :(

It's a shame really, if you applied Jen's ACA design to an 060 you would have a seriously fast Amiga.   Something with a 105Mhz clock speed, 512MB SDRAM and boosted cache read/write would be awesome.    The ATARI boys managed it with their CT 060 but for some reason nobody has done this for Amiga Classics.   I think the closest we have to a 'modern' 060 Amiga board is the FPGA arcade daughter board.
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Offline NovaCoder

Re: I would/wouldn't like a production run of 060's
« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2013, 11:57:35 AM »
Quote from: AJCopland;745261
And that thread is about an accelerator board with an FPGA that plugs into an A600 which can be flashed without whatever CPU you like. It's already been shown running at pretty high clockspeed and it's perfectly answer the quesiton of whether or not someone will ever make and FPAG based accelerator board.


Yes that's right, this is the future :)

The 68060 was a great chip but because it's hard to find and very expensive, an FPGA design is more attractive these days.
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Offline NovaCoder

Re: I would/wouldn't like a production run of 060's
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2013, 05:22:53 AM »
Quote from: psxphill;745405
"Performance: More than 6Mips"

Remember that the vampire board is meant for a 600, he's already had it running up to 12 MIPS which is higher than any physical A600 has ever managed.

With a bigger FPGA and some clever coders, it's feasible that a reasonably fast board could be made.   Also, it could be made for a lot less than a real 060 board, that's more important than speed anyway.   What's the point of developing a new physical 060 based board if it costs $500, only about 3 people would buy one.
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