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| Date | 2019-08-27 00:39 -0700 |
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| Subject | Re: What is TI PRU-ICSS processor core? |
| From | Rick C <gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> |
On Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at 3:26:04 AM UTC-4, Paul Rubin wrote: > Rick C <gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> writes: > > By "legacy" part you mean the first TI ARM that used it? Or did it > > come from an unrelated design? > > I don't know its origins but just looking at its instruction set, it > seems to come from an earlier era of cpu design than what we usually > deal with today. Its heritage may have been in industrial automation > rather than computing. It's not my area but I think PLC's originally > didn't have the features of normal microprocessors, but gradually > acquired them, and now they have normal microprocessors inside. Maybe the instruction set is optimized for it's application and construction. I haven't looked at it in detail, but I've been told it isn't intended to be general purpose. I'm pretty sure they aren't from PLCs. -- Rick C. + Get 1,000 miles of free Supercharging + Tesla referral code - https://ts.la/richard11209
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What is TI PRU-ICSS processor core? Dave Nadler <drn@nadler.com> - 2019-08-26 05:23 -0700
Re: What is TI PRU-ICSS processor core? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2019-08-26 13:25 -0700
Re: What is TI PRU-ICSS processor core? Rick C <gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> - 2019-08-27 00:19 -0700
Re: What is TI PRU-ICSS processor core? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2019-08-27 00:25 -0700
Re: What is TI PRU-ICSS processor core? Rick C <gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> - 2019-08-27 00:39 -0700
Re: What is TI PRU-ICSS processor core? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-08-27 09:52 +0200
Re: What is TI PRU-ICSS processor core? Dave Nadler <drn@nadler.com> - 2019-08-27 12:38 -0700
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