A man with ...Ideas (troublemaker ?? :-) )
Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 9:28 am
Going thorugh all this over the past few months, I started thinking (miracles do happen :D ).
The main problem I have with the CPUs is the BGA pin thing. It has it's advantages, but for 'joe-soap' it becomes a mission, possibly plagued with unseen dry joints only visible by X-Ray inspection.
This I think will restrict interest to mainly the L1 and L2 series...
So enter the 'troublemaker'
How about a nice reduced pin QFP packaged quad core chip. If you think about it, this type of cpu doesn't really require more than 40 pins, plus Pwr & Cfg. The 40 pins can be used for I/O, but their main purpose is for fast links. Also make the chip real estate larger, it's not that much of a big deal and heat dissipation is important at higher speeds (Sorry image error... LCC = QFP )
Another thing lacking is extended Memory.. always need more. How about another reduced pin QFP with a dedicated memory I/F
.. and lastly, generic I/O Extender for I/O control... reduced pin QFP of course :shock:
The L1 or L2 can fill this gap
These ideas are not new and would have come out with the T9000... many years ago.
Reviving these old ideas again would definitely take Xmos beyond where the Transputer died.
Maybe to Infinity and Beyond ;)
The main problem I have with the CPUs is the BGA pin thing. It has it's advantages, but for 'joe-soap' it becomes a mission, possibly plagued with unseen dry joints only visible by X-Ray inspection.
This I think will restrict interest to mainly the L1 and L2 series...
So enter the 'troublemaker'
How about a nice reduced pin QFP packaged quad core chip. If you think about it, this type of cpu doesn't really require more than 40 pins, plus Pwr & Cfg. The 40 pins can be used for I/O, but their main purpose is for fast links. Also make the chip real estate larger, it's not that much of a big deal and heat dissipation is important at higher speeds (Sorry image error... LCC = QFP )
Another thing lacking is extended Memory.. always need more. How about another reduced pin QFP with a dedicated memory I/F
.. and lastly, generic I/O Extender for I/O control... reduced pin QFP of course :shock:
The L1 or L2 can fill this gap
These ideas are not new and would have come out with the T9000... many years ago.
Reviving these old ideas again would definitely take Xmos beyond where the Transputer died.
Maybe to Infinity and Beyond ;)