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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,fd27e49d2299ccb4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: stt@houdini.camb.inmet.com (Tucker Taft) Subject: Re: Much 16 bit Ada useage? Date: 1998/10/15 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 401350029 Sender: news@inmet.camb.inmet.com (USENET news) X-Nntp-Posting-Host: houdini.camb.inmet.com References: <704rnj$9m@gcsin3.geccs.gecm.com> Organization: Intermetrics, Inc. Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-10-15T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: 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 : --------------------------------------------------------------------- : Marconi Electronic Systems : Simulation & Training Division : ===================================================================== : Not necessarily my company or service providers opinions. : ===================================================================== -- -Tucker Taft stt@inmet.com http://www.inmet.com/~stt/ Intermetrics, Inc. Burlington, MA USA An AverStar Company