From: Gregory Ewing Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Python CPU Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2011 12:10:35 +1200 Lines: 20 Message-ID: <8vps7tF9vuU1@mid.individual.net> References: <01bd055b-631d-45f0-90a7-229da4a9a362@t19g2000prd.googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net F4dYSX3GTlRWHXOvTK9F8guEdnlZSLQbLx4c09H2JgABA8oT69 Cancel-Lock: sha1:9x6J/+fjFgWwJgnSoPTGYQ3/ot8= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.5 (Macintosh/20050711) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en In-Reply-To: <01bd055b-631d-45f0-90a7-229da4a9a362@t19g2000prd.googlegroups.com> Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.stben.net!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:2477 Brad wrote: > I've heard of Java CPUs. Has anyone implemented a Python CPU in VHDL > or Verilog? Not that I know of. I've had thoughts about designing one, just for the exercise. It's doubtful whether such a thing would ever be of practical use. Without as much money as Intel has to throw at CPU development, it's likely that a Python chip would always be slower and more expensive than an off-the-shelf CPU running a tightly-coded interpreter. It could be fun to speculate on what a Python CPU might look like, though. -- Greg