Sorry but if you look here it explains alot about the processor card and the fpga'sUm...the 65816 (which the C-One uses, according to its webpage) _is_ a 16-bit processor.Double Um.. The 65816 is only used to boot into the early start-up menu that loads the various cores from the compact flash card.
http://www.geocities.com/profdredd/commodoreone/cmdrone.html#how [Begin Quote]The two main chips carry out different tasks, depending on the needs of the program. The technology used is called FPGA - field programmable gate arrays. These chips can be programmed to do the tasks that the chips of the C-64 or other computers have done. It's no emulation, but it's a re-implementation of the chips that are no longer available since many years.
The one thing that is not contained in the FPGAs is the main processor - it would take too much space, resulting in too high cost. To maintain flexibility, the CPU resides on a card that can be exchanged by the user - as simple as plugging in a PCI card.
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