64 bit PICs!

[Al Borowski]

Hi all,

This file was on a CD a microchip rep gave me. Looks pretty neat!

http://alpage.ath.cx/superpic.htm

Al

 

[Guy Macon]

Al Borowski <aj.borowski@erasethis.student.qut.edu.au> says...

Hi all,

This file was on a CD a microchip rep gave me. Looks pretty neat!

http://alpage.ath.cx/superpic.htm

do you have the pdf files?


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[John Woodgate]

I read in sci.electronics.design that Al Borowski <aj.borowski@erasethis
..student.qut.edu.au> wrote (in <406be995$0$16578$5a62ac22@freenews.iinet
..net.au&gt about '64 bit PICs!', on Thu, 1 Apr 2004:

Hi all,

This file was on a CD a microchip rep gave me. Looks pretty neat!

http://alpage.ath.cx/superpic.htm

Al

Unfortunately it will be obsolete here in England in less than 40

minutes.
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[Iwo Mergler]

Al Borowski wrote:

Hi all,

This file was on a CD a microchip rep gave me. Looks pretty neat!

http://alpage.ath.cx/superpic.htm

Al

Cool, 40GHz clock speed and 40 clocks/instruction. That'll
beat the pants off Intel's marketing. ;^)

Iwo

 

[mike]

Al Borowski wrote:

Hi all,

This file was on a CD a microchip rep gave me. Looks pretty neat!

http://alpage.ath.cx/superpic.htm

Al

Seems like a LOT of pins for so little capability.
I think I'll wait for the 8-pin version.
mike

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[xxx]

In message <wN3JFeDiB$aAFw9I@jmwa.demon.co.uk>, John Woodgate
<jmw@jmwa.demon.contraspam.yuk> writes

I read in sci.electronics.design that Al Borowski <aj.borowski@erasethis
.student.qut.edu.au> wrote (in <406be995$0$16578$5a62ac22@freenews.iinet
.net.au&gt about '64 bit PICs!', on Thu, 1 Apr 2004:
Hi all,

This file was on a CD a microchip rep gave me. Looks pretty neat!

http://alpage.ath.cx/superpic.htm

Al

Unfortunately it will be obsolete here in England in less than 40
minutes.

You were right John. 12.03 and they're not in stock any more.
--
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[Tim Auton]

Al Borowski <aj.borowski@erasethis.student.qut.edu.au> wrote:

This file was on a CD a microchip rep gave me. Looks pretty neat!

http://alpage.ath.cx/superpic.htm

ROTFL

SCSI Hard Disk interface and SVGA graphics, nice one


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[Tim Auton]

mike <spamme0@juno.com> wrote:

Al Borowski wrote:

This file was on a CD a microchip rep gave me. Looks pretty neat!

http://alpage.ath.cx/superpic.htm

Seems like a LOT of pins for so little capability.
I think I'll wait for the 8-pin version.

Apparently that'll be out as soon as Seagate release the first of
their 1-wire U640 SCSI drives.


Tim
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[Syd Rumpo]

In message <znSac.165$9V3.968@ns2.gip.net>, Iwo Mergler
<Iwo_dot_Mergler@soton.sc.philips.com> writes

Al Borowski wrote:
Hi all,
This file was on a CD a microchip rep gave me. Looks pretty neat!
http://alpage.ath.cx/superpic.htm
Al


Cool, 40GHz clock speed and 40 clocks/instruction. That'll
beat the pants off Intel's marketing. ;^)

Actually, the 40GHz is a misprint, it should read 4GHz (or 4,000 MHz as
they seem to prefer). I've been evaluating a couple of the early
pre-release versions for the last few months - they clock at a more
conservative 1GHz and the SVGA doesn't work. Still pretty impressive
though, but a bug in the interrupt controller limits the functionality
to demonstration stuff.

I'd be surprised if MicroChip get full working Silicon out before Q4
this year. And yes, they do run warm.

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[Keith Wootten]

In message <mToqgBB7YAbAFwmS@clara.co.uk>, Syd Rumpo
<sydrumpox@clarat.co.uk> writes

<snipped>

Actually, the 40GHz is a misprint, it should read 4GHz (or 4,000 MHz as
they seem to prefer). I've been evaluating a couple of the early
pre-release versions for the last few months - they clock at a more
conservative 1GHz and the SVGA doesn't work. Still pretty impressive
though, but a bug in the interrupt controller limits the functionality
to demonstration stuff.

The FPU has a not-so-subtle bug as well, but as you imply, it'll be nice
when it's finished. The data isn't on their WebSite any more; did
someone slip up or was it a deliberate teaser?

Cheers
--
Keith Wootten

 

[John Larkin]

On Thu, 01 Apr 2004 20:19:19 +1000, Al Borowski
<aj.borowski@erasethis.student.qut.edu.au> wrote:

Hi all,

This file was on a CD a microchip rep gave me. Looks pretty neat!

http://alpage.ath.cx/superpic.htm

Al

Here's a related development in 64-bit computing:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/28/36733.html


John