From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: a07f3367d7,61fba3a4ceae43bb X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: g2news1.google.com!postnews.google.com!k41g2000yqm.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: KarlNyberg Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: a multicore XMOS CPU Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:55:58 -0800 (PST) Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: <86430945-c1ec-4282-9552-c5a17be4c30b@k41g2000yqm.googlegroups.com> References: <4c146eb5-81a3-4d7e-8dd3-bfc23f77ab3e@r24g2000yqd.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.125.57.14 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1266242159 29220 127.0.0.1 (15 Feb 2010 13:55:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:55:59 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: k41g2000yqm.googlegroups.com; posting-host=24.125.57.14; posting-account=TpjGSQoAAADyZ3j7ukab-gYBiUeRSw8c User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.7) Gecko/20091221 Firefox/3.5.7 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:9231 Date: 2010-02-15T05:55:58-08:00 List-Id: On Feb 15, 8:10=A0am, Colin Paul Gloster wrote: > On Wed, 10 Feb 2010, Darek Maksimiuk sent: > > |------------------------------------------------------------------| > |"[..] =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 = =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 | > | =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0= =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0| > |[..] =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0= =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0| > |I am willing to dedicate some of my free time to =A0 try to port Ada| > |compiler to this platform. =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 = =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0| > |[..] =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0= =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0| > | =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0= =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0| > |[..] =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0= =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0| > | =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0= =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0| > |P.S. Imagine an Ada program running on this device: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 = =A0 =A0 | > |https://www.xmos.com/products/development-kits/xmp-64" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 = =A0 =A0| > |------------------------------------------------------------------| > > Dear Darek Maksimiuk, > > Well, if you show me the C++ program which I showed innews:alpine.LNX.2.0= 0.1002151055530.17315@Bluewhite64.example.net > running on your XMOS development kit at a speed which when scaled up > for an XMP-64 would be faster than an Intel quadcore machine, then I > would be able to get an Ada compiler for it, if I could convince a > funding agency to pay for an XMP-64. > > Please let me know what happens. > > Yours sincerely, > Colin Paul Gloster, > Grupo de Instrumenta=E7=E3o At=F3mica e Nuclear, > Departamento de F=EDsica, > Universidade de Coimbra, > Rua Larga, > 3004-516 Coimbra, > Portugal. > Telephone: +351 239 410663 > Fax: +351 239 829158 That link didn't resolve to anything interesting for me. Can you forward me what you might have - it might be interesting to try it on my 8-core x 4 thread SunFire T1000. -- Karl --