From: Tucker Taft <stt@averstar.com>
Subject: Re: CPU recommendations from an Ada perspective?
Date: 1999/11/05
Date: 1999-11-05T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <38231BE9.3F47A642@averstar.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: nJEU3.1529$G51.395421@news.wenet.net
Mike Silva wrote:
>
> I'm reluctant to ask this question because it's so vague at this point, but
> my curiosity has won out. I'd like to hear any recommendations for (or
> against) those 32 bit CPU families which are supported by good Ada tools.
> The project would be a large engine controller, with control loops running
> at 5 mS, 20 mS and 2 sec (don't yet know the details on the calculations
> involved). Rough industrial setting (temperature extremes, electrical
> noise, etc). We'd probably by COTS hardware, but that's not entirely
> decided. Any opinions / experiences?
The PowerPC seems to have the most support from almost every
Ada vendor these days. It has pretty much taken the place of
the 68K as the premier 32-bit CPU family for embedded development.
That seems to be true whether you are programming in C, C++, or Ada.
> Mike
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-Tucker Taft stt@averstar.com http://www.averstar.com/~stt/
Technical Director, Distributed IT Solutions (www.averstar.com/tools)
AverStar (formerly Intermetrics, Inc.) Burlington, MA USA
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Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-11-05 0:00 CPU recommendations from an Ada perspective? Mike Silva
1999-11-05 0:00 ` Rakesh Malhotra
1999-11-05 0:00 ` Tucker Taft [this message]
1999-11-05 0:00 ` Marin Condic
1999-11-05 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-11-08 0:00 ` Sascha Welter
1999-11-09 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-11-10 0:00 ` bobplested
1999-11-12 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1999-11-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-08 0:00 ` Ada2001
1999-11-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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