Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!gatech!bloom-beacon!think!ames!ucbcad!zen!cory.Berkeley.EDU!heppell From: heppell@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Kevin G. Heppell) Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Novix chip and Harris Corp. Message-ID: <3104@zen.berkeley.edu> Date: Sun, 26-Jul-87 15:35:25 EDT Article-I.D.: zen.3104 Posted: Sun Jul 26 15:35:25 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 26-Jul-87 22:35:32 EDT Sender: news@zen.berkeley.edu Distribution: world Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 22 Keywords: Novix, Harris, RISC (Add one more to the list of readers of comp.lang.forth). In _Electronics_ magazine, dated May 28, 1987, there is an artical which describes a major project at Harris Corp. to develop a set of real-time microporcessors and support chips using RISC and Forth. Harris has licensed the Novix Forth chip architecture for the project. Eventually, Harris will sell both standard chips and semi-custom devices. They call it their Force Toolbox (Force stands for Forth- optimized RISC computing engine). The article also mentions that the Novix Forth chip uses less that 16,000 transistors, which is at least a factor of 10 below comparable standard microprocessors, if I remember correctly :-). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kevin G. Heppell USNail: 784 Santa Barbara Rd. USENET: ucbvax!cory!heppell Berkeley, CA 94707-2046 arpa: heppell@cory.Berkeley.EDU (415) 528-6396