Re:[oc] possible idea from a dreamer

[Jamie Morken <jmorken@home.com>]

Sklav,

Yes all that you said can be done.  On the fly reconfiguration is
possible on some chips too (Xilinx 6200 series of FPGA's were
fully reconfigurable - but Xilinx isn't producing them anymore).  With
on the fly configuration cores could be stored in a flash ram chip and
loaded by a control unit (itself a core) whenever the OS required
ethernet or usb access etc.  Using the same silicon could mean big
footprint savings on expensive FPGA silicon.  I can't believe what a
great project this is - I can't wait till I compile my
first linux kernel!

Regards,
Jamie


               ---- Original Message -----
               From: sklav <sklav@sympatico.ca>
               To: <cores@opencores.org>

               i have taken a basic electronics course and i was
wondering could it be possible
               to implement a core that can be dynamically reprogrammed
to allow for future
               hardware architechtures to be implemented threw form of a
patch. example like
               flashing the bios to an upgraded version, can the same be
done for the cores
               meaning lets say a new usb protocol is out on the market
that is faster than
               the current one could it be upgraded threw a patch of
some sort...

               might be a dumb question but i read somewhere that i can
share ideas mind you
               im not sure they are even possible.....

               ps. do you take hardware donations and if so i have some
old ram and modem and
               soundcard i would be willing to give to you for parts or
something......

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