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Anyone have some information on the ZPU? He mentions that it's a ... gun? I'm confused :(
by rocky1138 12y ago
Anyone have some information on the ZPU? He mentions that it's a ... gun? I'm confused :(
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- patrickyeon 12y agoThe gun is not what he's talking about, just another thing named 'ZPU'. The link right after that is what he's talking about, the 32 bit open source CPU. It is designed using a Hardware Description Language that can then be loaded into a re-configurable chip to make said chip, or part of it, act as a CPU. http://opensource.zylin.com/zpu.htm http://opensource.zylin.com/zpu.htm
- dbloom 12y agoMore general information, and a list of other "soft microprocessors": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_microprocessor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_microprocessor
- sitkack 12y agoThe crazy thing about the ZPU is that it is extra _small_, speed is not its goal, so running DOOM on it is kinda a weird choice. It is a stack based cpu that uses half the number of logic blocks that a typical small soft microprocessor would use.
- unwind 12y agoThe gun reference is to a family of Soviet anti-aircraft machine guns, from the 1940s: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZPU http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZPU.