I've just ordered my 1600 MIPS XMOS XC-1 design kit. The XMOS chips will replace DSPs and FPGAs in a lot of applications. I haven't been so excited about a new chip since the transputer came out. David May designed them both, of course. Leon leon355@btinternet.com
XMOS XC-1 kits are shipping
Started by ●October 10, 2008
Reply by ●October 10, 20082008-10-10
On Oct 10, 9:01=A0pm, Leon <leon...@btinternet.com> wrote:> I've just ordered my 1600 MIPS XMOS XC-1 design kit. > > The XMOS chips will replace DSPs and FPGAs in a lot of applications. > > I haven't been so excited about a new chip since the transputer came > out. David May designed them both, of course. > > Leon > leon...@btinternet.comIs the comparison with the Transputer supposed to imply this is a half thought out design with brain dead execution? :-\ Steve
Reply by ●October 10, 20082008-10-10
On 10 oct, 09:01, Leon <leon...@btinternet.com> wrote:> I've just ordered my 1600 MIPS XMOS XC-1 design kit. > > The XMOS chips will replace DSPs and FPGAs in a lot of applications. > > I haven't been so excited about a new chip since the transputer came > out. David May designed them both, of course. > > Leon > leon...@btinternet.comDon't be surprised if people are skeptical. Remember what happened to the company that made Field-programmable- object arrays?
Reply by ●October 10, 20082008-10-10
On 10 Oct, 17:42, ste...@coppice.org wrote:> On Oct 10, 9:01=A0pm, Leon <leon...@btinternet.com> wrote: > > > I've just ordered my 1600 MIPS XMOS XC-1 design kit. > > > The XMOS chips will replace DSPs and FPGAs in a lot of applications. > > > I haven't been so excited about a new chip since the transputer came > > out. David May designed them both, of course. > > > Leon > > leon...@btinternet.com > > Is the comparison with the Transputer supposed to imply this is a half > thought out design with brain dead execution? :-\ > > SteveThe transputer was ahead of its time, and really pushed the technology that was available. I sold a lot of systems using it, mostly to universities and research establishments, because there was nothing else around with that sort of performance then. Inmos even had their own fab! Leon
Reply by ●October 10, 20082008-10-10
On 10 Oct, 18:11, Benjamin Couillard <benjamin.couill...@gmail.com> wrote:> On 10 oct, 09:01, Leon <leon...@btinternet.com> wrote: > > > I've just ordered my 1600 MIPS XMOS XC-1 design kit. > > > The XMOS chips will replace DSPs and FPGAs in a lot of applications. > > > I haven't been so excited about a new chip since the transputer came > > out. David May designed them both, of course. > > > Leon > > leon...@btinternet.com > > Don't be surprised if people are skeptical. > > Remember what happened to the company that made Field-programmable- > object arrays?These are processors, not FPGAs. Leon
Reply by ●October 11, 20082008-10-11
On 10 oct, 13:44, Leon <leon...@btinternet.com> wrote:> On 10 Oct, 18:11, Benjamin Couillard <benjamin.couill...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > On 10 oct, 09:01, Leon <leon...@btinternet.com> wrote: > > > > I've just ordered my 1600 MIPS XMOS XC-1 design kit. > > > > The XMOS chips will replace DSPs and FPGAs in a lot of applications. > > > > I haven't been so excited about a new chip since the transputer came > > > out. David May designed them both, of course. > > > > Leon > > > leon...@btinternet.com > > > Don't be surprised if people are skeptical. > > > Remember what happened to the company that made Field-programmable- > > object arrays? > > These are processors, not FPGAs. > > Leon
Reply by ●October 11, 20082008-10-11
On 10 oct, 13:44, Leon <leon...@btinternet.com> wrote:> On 10 Oct, 18:11, Benjamin Couillard <benjamin.couill...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > On 10 oct, 09:01, Leon <leon...@btinternet.com> wrote: > > > > I've just ordered my 1600 MIPS XMOS XC-1 design kit. > > > > The XMOS chips will replace DSPs and FPGAs in a lot of applications. > > > > I haven't been so excited about a new chip since the transputer came > > > out. David May designed them both, of course. > > > > Leon > > > leon...@btinternet.com > > > Don't be surprised if people are skeptical. > > > Remember what happened to the company that made Field-programmable- > > object arrays? > > These are processors, not FPGAs. > > LeonI'm well aware of that, I'm just saying that we shouldn't always believe the hype. I'll believe it when I see it..
Reply by ●October 11, 20082008-10-11
On Oct 10, 6:01=A0am, Leon <leon...@btinternet.com> wrote:> I've just ordered my 1600 MIPS XMOS XC-1 design kit. > > The XMOS chips will replace DSPs and FPGAs in a lot of applications. > > I haven't been so excited about a new chip since the transputer came > out. David May designed them both, of course. > > Leon > leon...@btinternet.comYou know, Leon, quite apart from the fact that this is a processor not an FPGA (and this is comp.arch.fpga), I just can't believe you're not either a paid shill, or you work for this company... I confess I did a quick google of XMOS XC1, and the top hits were all about you posting to various different newsgroups, web-boards, forums, etc. All with fundamentally the same message... Examples: - http://www.embeddedrelated.com/groups/lpc2000/show/35234.php - http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=3DPNphpBB2&file=3Dviewtopic&t= =3D69913 - http://forum.sparkfun.com/viewtopic.php?p=3D56848&sid=3Dc7a9b3209e4acb= 01b4a04bbf1e0983ae - http://www.motherboardpoint.com/t186774-xmos-xc1-kits-are-shipping.htm= l - this group as well, of course, as well as comp.arch.embedded, comp.dsp, ... I don't mind (I actually think it's useful) when companies post new- releases on the 'net, I just object to it being underhanded. Pretty much everyone else has the common decency to identify when they're posting commercially. Why don't you ? As soon as I realised you weren't sufficiently confident in your own product to stand behind it, I lost interest - so if you'd just openly posted the information you might have not lost a customer... Simon.
Reply by ●October 11, 20082008-10-11
On 11 Oct, 18:01, Simon <goo...@gornall.net> wrote:> On Oct 10, 6:01=A0am, Leon <leon...@btinternet.com> wrote: > > > I've just ordered my 1600 MIPS XMOS XC-1 design kit. > > > The XMOS chips will replace DSPs and FPGAs in a lot of applications. > > > I haven't been so excited about a new chip since the transputer came > > out. David May designed them both, of course. > > > Leon > > leon...@btinternet.com > > You know, Leon, quite apart from the fact that this is a processor not > an FPGA (and this is comp.arch.fpga), =A0I just can't believe you're not > either a paid shill, or you work for this company... I confess I did a > quick google of XMOS XC1, and the top hits were all about you posting > to various different newsgroups, web-boards, forums, etc. All with > fundamentally the same message... > > Examples: > =A0 =A0-http://www.embeddedrelated.com/groups/lpc2000/show/35234.php > =A0 =A0-http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=3DPNphpBB2&file=3Dviewtop=ic&t=3D69913> =A0 =A0-http://forum.sparkfun.com/viewtopic.php?p=3D56848&sid=3Dc7a9b3209=e4acb01b...> =A0 =A0-http://www.motherboardpoint.com/t186774-xmos-xc1-kits-are-shippin=g.html> =A0 =A0- this group as well, of course, as well as comp.arch.embedded, > comp.dsp, ... > > I don't mind (I actually think it's useful) when companies post new- > releases on the 'net, I just object to it being underhanded. Pretty > much everyone else has the common decency to identify when they're > posting commercially. Why don't you ? > > As soon as I realised you weren't sufficiently confident in your own > product to stand behind it, I lost interest - so if you'd just openly > posted the information you might have not lost a customer... > > Simon.I don't work for XMOS. I just like the devices, and believe people should know about them. Those are all forums I use a lot, and several people there have thanked me for bringing them to their attention, and are getting involved. I don't see what is wrong with that. A single XMOS device can often replace a DSP and an FPGA, which is one of the reasons I'm using it, and why I thought it might be of interest to the FPGA community. I am using them in a couple of applications, I have a vested interest in XMOS succeeding. Leon
Reply by ●October 11, 20082008-10-11
"Leon" <leon355@btinternet.com> wrote in message news:3a7e63d4-23af-4199-8993-f4a8a4e2196b@m3g2000hsc.googlegroups.com... On 11 Oct, 18:01, Simon <goo...@gornall.net> wrote: I don't work for XMOS. I just like the devices, and believe people should know about them. Those are all forums I use a lot, and several people there have thanked me for bringing them to their attention, and are getting involved. I don't see what is wrong with that. A single XMOS device can often replace a DSP and an FPGA, which is one of the reasons I'm using it, and why I thought it might be of interest to the FPGA community. I am using them in a couple of applications, I have a vested interest in XMOS succeeding. Leon mmmmm "1 bit software driven DAC" - that'll kick the shite out of my 400MHz 10 bit video DAC.
