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From: agrier@poofygoof.com (Aaron J. Grier)
Subject: [TUHS] curmudgeon credit
Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 23:11:31 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130514061130.GA24375@arwen.poofy.goof.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAH1jEzYGQQXgosVu56x=Btoucim1-cWDNJ0By5JTdF5oVNumHw@mail.gmail.com>

On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 05:08:28PM +1000, Nick Downing wrote:
> Well, I don't like wasted silicon

obviously not speaking for my employer here, but my understanding is
that you can't power up all the existing real-estate on modern silicon
and still meet power envelopes.  the extra silicon isn't wasted: it
merely functions as a heat-sink when it's not being utilized.  :)

are there any synthesizable (hardware description language) versions of
PDP or VAX available?  seems like hybrid FPGA / SW emulation platforms
would be an interesting experimentation space.

-- 
  Aaron J. Grier | "Not your ordinary poofy goof." | agrier at poofygoof.com



  reply	other threads:[~2013-05-14  6:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-04-27 21:26 [TUHS] Need a new PDP-11 or VAX? Dave Horsfall
2013-04-27 22:41 ` Larry McVoy
2013-04-27 23:53   ` Dave Horsfall
2013-04-28  0:12   ` Ronald Natalie
2013-04-28  1:39   ` John Cowan
2013-04-28  3:38     ` Nick Downing
2013-04-28  3:48       ` Larry McVoy
2013-04-28  3:57     ` Larry McVoy
2013-04-28  5:57       ` John Cowan
2013-04-28  5:34   ` [TUHS] curmudgeon credit Aharon Robbins
2013-04-28  7:08     ` Nick Downing
2013-05-14  6:11       ` Aaron J. Grier [this message]
2013-05-14  6:52         ` emu
2013-05-14  7:51           ` David Evans
2013-04-28 16:28     ` Larry McVoy
2013-04-28  7:45   ` [TUHS] Need a new PDP-11 or VAX? Peter Jeremy
2013-04-28 10:50     ` Ronald Natalie
2013-04-28  0:15 ` Ronald Natalie

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