Re: 65032: Re-designed 65c832

[Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.com>]

So, let me see if I have this right, what you are proposing then is a software
emulation of a chip that doesn't exist, is that right? It's not a bad idea, if
that is what you are doing, but I got the impression from your posts that you
were designing a new chip in hardware, and that isn't a cheap trick :-)

Roy

Arkain wrote:

> If I use a 100 pin TQFP pASIC3 FPGA from Quick Logic, then all I need to do
> is program it. It'll act like the processor I want. I can even get a limited
> number of demo chips imprinted with the program for free! I'm already 2 or 3
> steps ahead of you. ;-)
>
> As for the price? $21.50 per chip if I buy in sets of 90. Since I don't
> expect to see any real demand for this new A2, I doubt that I'll do much
> more than get a set of free demo chips for my own prototype.
>
> Arkain
>
> Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.com> wrote in message
> 3992C273.ED39E360@inetnebr.com">news:3992C273.ED39E360@inetnebr.com...
> > Just a jolt of reality here, who are you going to get to fabricate the
> chip,
> > and have you looked into what you would be charged to do that (setup
> costs, as
> > well as manufacturing?)
> >
> > Dreaming is nice, and nothing will get done if there isn't a dream first,
> but
> > to see this through you need goals, and plans for meeting those goals.
> >
> > Roy