From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2020 11:47:36 +0000 (+0000) Subject: clarifyg X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=212205589d50a0ee3b3a47219a89dc508f3ddd58;p=crowdsupply.git clarifyg --- diff --git a/updates/023_2020mar26_decoder_emulator_started.mdwn b/updates/023_2020mar26_decoder_emulator_started.mdwn index 8783a57..7dc701b 100644 --- a/updates/023_2020mar26_decoder_emulator_started.mdwn +++ b/updates/023_2020mar26_decoder_emulator_started.mdwn @@ -352,8 +352,10 @@ as well as the key differences is particularly important. At the very least, the extremely simple and highly effective hardware but timing-critical design aspects of the circular loops in the 6600 were recognised by James Thornton (the co-designer of the 6600) as being paradoxically challenging -to understand why so few gates could be so effective. Consequently, -documenting it just to be able to *develop* it is extremely important. +to understand why so few gates could be so effective (being as they were, +literally the world's first ever out-of-order superscalar architecture). +Consequently, documenting it just to be able to *develop* it is extremely +important. We're getting to the point where we need to connect the LOAD/STORE Computation Units up to an actual memory architecture. We've chosen @@ -413,9 +415,10 @@ from both Mitch Alsup and Staf Verhaegen. (Staf is also [sponsored by NLNet](https://nlnet.nl/project/Chips4Makers/) to create Libre-licensed Cell Libraries, busting through one of the - -many - layers of NDAs and reducing NREs for ASIC development: I helped him -put in the submission, and he was really happy to do the Cell Libraries -that we will be using for LibreSOC's 180nm test tape-out in October 2020.) +many - layers of NDAs and reducing NREs and unnecessary and artificial +barriers for ASIC development: I helped him put in the submission, and +he was really happy to do the Cell Libraries that we will be using for +LibreSOC's 180nm test tape-out in October 2020.) # Public-Inbox and Domain Migration