Re: New datatype addition to gcc

On 16 Dec 2004 00:43:34 -0500, Sriharsha
<sriharsha.v@redpinesignals.com> wrote:


>My h/w personnel says that there will be TWO RAMs in the processor,
>one is 8-bit addressible while the other is 16-bit addressible. If the
>compiler has to do 8-bit data load/store, it uses the 8-bit RAM and if
>it has something to do with 16-bit, it uses that RAM. This sounded
>bizzare to me but, thats what they say (or atleast I've never come
>across such stuff).


Analog Device's ADSP-2106x (SHARC) had 48 bit instructions and 16, 32
and 40 bit data. Their g21k compiler supported all the addressing
modes and the last version (3.3) of it was freely released in the mid
90's when ADI introduced a line of C++ compilers based on the
Amsterdam Kit instead of gcc.


The compiler (source and executable) used to be a free download from
Analog's FTP site: ftp.analog.com. If it's no longer there, you can
try asking in comp.arch.embedded.


George

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