Re: [openrisc] BOCHS, minimum number.

["Jim Dempsey" <dempsey@northnet.net>]

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Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 7:11 AM
Subject: [openrisc] BOCHS, minimum number.


> Hi
> I want to ask about OpenRISC CPU:
> 1. Is it possible to port BOCHS X86 emulator to OpenRISC / multiple
OpenRISC cpus? What is the estimated emulation speed?

It may be a good exercise to examine if it may be better to port your code
from x86 to OpenRISC or other processor core. Many embedded processors have
a C compiler so to some degree you have portability of source code. However,
if you are trying to install and run a Win32 Windows application into an
emulated Windows environment then you would need emulation. Transmeta does
this quite well.

>
> 2. If OpenRISC plan to compete in price / performance against other CPUs
(ARM, Xscale, VIA, Transmeta etc), what is the minimum number of production?
What about yield?
>

The idea of OpenRISC is price = $0. So even if the processor executed one
instruction cycle per day the price/performance ratio would favor the
OpenRISC. However, the price of the processor is not the only price to be
factored into your equation. Also, your application may have a minimum level
of performance to meet.

> ALPHA and PowerPC try to compete with INTEL, but they cann't reach the
volume of production to beat INTEL price/performance.
>
> If a company want to order 1 million CPU, what is the price?

> Thank you.
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