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Altera_Forum
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16 years ago

A new processor

I am asking for comments on my project. It is a custom component used with SOPC builder, its purpose is to allow many more time critical functions to be programmed in C. When these functions are d...
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16 years ago

I just reread your reply. I am not talking about designing a new processor for each case. but I am talking about scaling one design according to the size of the code and number of variables/constants. Probably, it would become a megafunction that would also be a custom component in SOPC builder. The "customizing" would be to set the ram and counter parameters and load the rams with data, which I think is similar to adding an Nios as a peripheral controller, but it is much smaller.