Re: XMOS XC-1 kits are ****pping

Leon <leon355@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:

> On 11 Oct, 20:53, HardySpicer <gyansor...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> On Oct 11, 2:01 am, Leon <leon...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>> Looks interesting but doesn't look to be a number-crunching device.
>> It's general purpose for Ethernet type applications.
>
> Look at it as a very fast and cheap 32-bit scalable processor.

I couldn't find a datasheet on the XMOS CPU. What's its architecture?
Does it have 16 bit datapaths? What size is the multiplier/ALU? Can
it do, e.g., 1600 32x32->80 fixed-point multiplies per second?
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