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That's very interesting, and I quote short summary from 2014 > PilMCU is an implementation of 64-bit PicoLisp directly in hardware. A truly minimalistic system
by snaky 8y ago
That's very interesting, and I quote short summary from 2014
> PilMCU is an implementation of 64-bit PicoLisp directly in hardware. A
truly minimalistic system. PicoLisp is both the machine language and the
operating system:
>* Memory management is trivial, just the Lisp heap and the stack
>* The built-in database is extended to hold a "file system"
>* One SSD per database file for mass storage
>* "Processes" run as tasks and coroutines
>* Events (timing and interrupts) via a 'wait' instruction
>* Complex I/O protocols are delegated to peripheral chips
> The final hardware can be very lightweight. Low transistor count and
power consumption. No overhead for an OS. It is conceivable for a later
stage to put many interconnected CPUs on a single chip.
> At present, we have it running in the Verilog simulator, and in an
emulator (adaption of the PicoLisp 'emu' architecture).
So, what's the state of affairs for 2018?
- patrickg_zill 8y agoThe last update was April 2017. The person working on it moved to Japan and presumably is quite busy. see: https://www.mail-archive.com/picolisp@software-lab.de/msg07330.html https://www.mail-archive.com/picolisp@software-lab.de/msg073... beginning of the most recent thread I can find: https://www.mail-archive.com/picolisp@software-lab.de/msg07326.html https://www.mail-archive.com/picolisp@software-lab.de/msg073... announcement of video I linked: https://www.mail-archive.com/picolisp@software-lab.de/msg07351.html https://www.mail-archive.com/picolisp@software-lab.de/msg073...