Re: [oc] Would OR1K becomes next 8051 or 6502?

[Joe Zott <jaz@itvc.com>]

At 09:19 AM 3/3/00 +0800, you wrote:
>1. To make OR1K more debuggable with software and hardware,
>    I think gdb is also important!!

Perhaps think about hardware assisted debugging.

>2. Since the ISA of OR1K is free, then maybe lots of companies would
..
>   be OR rather than ARM or MIPS. Then maybe one day ARM or MIPS
>   will perhaps give up their ISA patents.

I think the future is with application optimized architectures. I would
like to see an easily configurable OR1K that me as a designer able to
optimize it as necessary for my specific problem area.

Joe