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To: bob who wrote (5427)	9/2/1998 3:10:00 PM
From: bob	Respond to of 8581

All, From USENET: Author: Keith Wootten author profile email reply view thread post new ú post reply subscribe Email: Keith@wootten.demon.co.uk Date: 1998/09/02 Forums: comp.arch.embedded view for bookmarking ú text only -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In article <35eca63e.29615367@news.alterdial.uu.net>, chrisw@srv1.thelanlab.com writes > >I'm looking for recomendations on a processor for an embedded system >which has floating point support, and an inexpensive evaluation >platform. Software floating point seems too slow based on experiments >I've done with a M68EN360. > >thanks, >chris > >chrisw@srv1.thelanlab.com > The PSC1000 (ShBoom) from Patriot Scientific has 'floating point support' but without using an FPU. It's basically a very fast integer chip with fairly quick floating point operations - the FP operations are a combination of hardware and software implementations. It's an inexpensive (claimed to be $10 in quantity) 32bit 100MHz processor, and has a lot of useful glue-reducing features. Check www.ptsc.com for information and www.forth.com for comparative benchmarks running Forth. Patriot provide an evaluation board with an ANSI C compiler, ANS Forth can be obtained from Forth Inc, and Java has been demonstrated. I've no connection with Patriot, I just like using the thing. Cheers -- Keith Wootten