3 ms·
It is available [1] as a core for FPGAs (possibly used in some obscure ASICs to boot), and it is very possible that those applications need fairly current suppo
by thomasjb 4y ago
It is available [1] as a core for FPGAs (possibly used in some obscure ASICs to boot), and it is very possible that those applications need fairly current support. The ColdFire processors came in up to 300MHz, and modern FPGAs could probably enable even higher speeds. There are variants with Ethernet [2], so security is probably a real concern.
I would very much like to learn how to get one 1) running on an FPGA 2) running Linux and then 3) set it up to automatically run new builds.
[1] https://silvaco.com/design-ip/embedded-processors/ https://silvaco.com/design-ip/embedded-processors/
[2] https://www.farnell.com/datasheets/1703092.pdf https://www.farnell.com/datasheets/1703092.pdf
- duskwuff 4y agoColdFire isn't precisely 680x0. It has a similar instruction set, but it isn't identical, and (crucially) it doesn't have an external memory/peripheral bus. As far as I'm aware, there are no longer any "true" 680x0 parts in production. NXP stopped production of the 68SEC000 in 2014; anything still in stock is at least that old.