From: stt@houdini.camb.inmet.com (Tucker Taft)
Subject: Re: Much 16 bit Ada useage?
Date: 1998/10/15
Date: 1998-10-15T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <F0vFAA.AIy.0.-s@inmet.camb.inmet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 704rnj$9m@gcsin3.geccs.gecm.com
John McCabe (john@assen.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: ...
: I don't know if it exists, but Tartan were working on Ada for the SHARC
: (AD 21060) before being bought by TI, so I don't know what's happened to
: that.
Intermetrics took over the SHARC Ada contract when TI bought Tartan. A beta
version of the product is now available from ADI (lori.berenson@analog.com).
However, the SHARC is definitely not a 16-bit processor. It is 32-bit
through and through, though its small size and low power consumption
rival typical 16-bit processors, I believe.
: I can still see a market for 16-bit processors in space applications, and
: I'm sure they'll be supported by Ada compiler - although maybe not Ada95.
If there is genuine interest, an Ada 95 compiler could be developed
relatively quickly, using either the GNAT/GCC approach, or the
Intermetrics AdaMagic front end generating ANSI C as an intermediate.
The basic problem is finding that first customer who wants to
help foot the bill... We welcome such inquiries.
: Best Regards
: John McCabe
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~1998-10-15 0:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-10-13 0:00 Much 16 bit Ada useage? Mike Silva
1998-10-14 0:00 ` John McCabe
1998-10-14 0:00 ` Niklas Holsti
1998-10-15 0:00 ` John McCabe
1998-10-15 0:00 ` Tucker Taft [this message]
1998-10-16 0:00 ` John McCabe
1998-10-16 0:00 ` Andi Kleen
1998-10-16 0:00 ` Niklas Holsti
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