Re: Compile HLL to microcode on VLIW - possible?

Donnelly <aaedonnelly@voyager.net>
10 Apr 1996 08:27:18 -0400

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From: Donnelly <aaedonnelly@voyager.net>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers,comp.arch
Date: 10 Apr 1996 08:27:18 -0400
Organization: Donnelly
References: 96-04-013
Keywords: architecture, optimize

Another recent approach was to skip the microcode all together and
generate dedicated ciruitry from C code. The code/circuit would be
implemented in reconfigurable hardware (typically SRAM based FPGAs).
This way, you have hardware which is truly optimized for the program.
If you are just creating microcode, you may have some waste in the
system. I am not sure if there is any commercially available hardware
yet, but I know Virtual Computer corp. was working on something.
Also, there has been much recent done in this area, and classified as
reconfigurable hardware.
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