On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 09:26:20PM +0200, Roel de Wit wrote:
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> I had some doubts about Nishi's presentation though... I have the feeling
> that he wants to 'market' his one-chip-solution by using the MSX 'brand' as
> marketing point (especially in Japan).. It's great so see efforts to improve
> FMSX though and any attempt to survive (keep nearly alive) MSX could be a
> noble one but in 2004 it'll be nothing more than a marketing stunt.. Some
> things about this...
I'd agree that's not more than actually marketing his new idea -- which is
a nice idea indeed. Assuming this is true, why did he come to Tilburg see
50-odd people to tell us about his new "MSX"? To Spread The Word (word of
mouth is very powerful marketing tool of course).
OOTH, I would hope this is not true. I think Nishi is a very intelligent
and also very witty man. I did not speak to him personally, but that was
the impression he made with his presentation.
He stressed that none of the MSX-DOS stuff would be improved, and since the
host hardware is ARM based, it's completely MSX-incompatible.
> He claims they want to keep the clockrate of the CPU
> down to spare battery power, but also want people to program for the thingy
> in MSX code instead of native 'intend?' code... Seeying that a CPU needs to
> be between 10-30 times as fast as the original emulated CPU this seems an
> illogical remark..
It's NOT emulated. The one-chip-solution is on FPGA, which can be
loaded with an MSX. So it is NOT emulated; the FPGA can easily handle MSX
speeds.
FPGA = Field Programmable Gate Array, which is essentially a programmable
chip, see: http://www.fpga.org/
An MSX is only one possible implementation of FPGA. It could be anything,
> Actually I'm more exited about that one-chip idea that the idea that it has
> something to do with MSX... Respects go to Nishi though... even though he
> seems to claim that he invented the wheel from time to time.
Also this one-chip idea -- which is FPGA of course -- is meant to be 100%
like the MSX computers we're using now.
Would someone care to scan the sheets and put them online for everyone who
wasn't there? I don't have access to a scanner here.
Sean
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