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It doesn't work that way. This isn't a Verilog/VHDL implementation, but instead a physical chip. Also he implemented the chip design tool in FORTH as well.
by Procrastes 13y ago
It doesn't work that way.
This isn't a Verilog/VHDL implementation, but instead a physical chip.
Also he implemented the chip design tool in FORTH as well.
- rthomas6 13y agoOkay, so how did he design the physical chip? Physical design starts with some kind of RTL, usually. Unless he mapped out the chip on a transistor level by hand, he used some kind of software to aid him in the design. If he didn't use Verilog/VHDL, I'd like to see whatever logic-level design he did make.
- beagle3 13y agoHe did design the physical chip, gates and all. He wrote the design software himself (supposedly, 500 lines of forth called OKAD). He uses a simpler model that is accurate enough for the process he is using. http://www.colorforth.com/vlsi.html http://www.colorforth.com/vlsi.html Everything he does is fascinating, but don't expect any of it to be useful unless you are, in fact, Chuck Moore (perhaps Chuck Norris also gets a pass...)