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Sounds intriguing, but the development costs are
likely to be astronomical if you're only making 1.

Have you considered a Linux cluster?  Sure, there's no
AVR content, however you should be able to simply
assemble and configure a solution.

$0.02,

Jeff Engel
--- Kathy Quinlan
<kat-yahoo@kaqelectronics.dyndns.org> wrote:

> Graham Davies wrote:
> 
> > --- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, Kathy Quinlan
> <kat-yahoo@k...> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>I need a contact for a semi manufacturer
> >>who can manufacter 2 devices for me:
> >>#1 an 8 bit cpu that is FAST (think Gflops) (able
> to address 0.1TB)
> >>#2 8 bit DDR (I need 10TB for the above cpu's)
> > 
> > 
> > Kat, I would recommend TSMC for the CPU.  You will
> need their 0.13 
> > micron process with copper interconnect. Even
> then, you'll need a 
> > highly parallel design. Once you have the design
> complete, make sure 
> > you have a million dollars left for masks and the
> first fab run.
> > 
> > For the DDR, I think you should save your second
> million bucks and 
> > use existing devices. Why do you need an 8-bit
> device? To get 10 TB 
> > you will have to stack up an awful lot of chips,
> so the width of each 
> > chip shouldn't be a major consideration. I trust
> you're not thinking 
> > you can get 10 TB on a single chip.
> > 
> > This is not the sort of post I expected on this
> group, though I 
> > recognize you as a regular. Is there any chance
> you could divulge the 
> > application? In particular, if you need Gflops why
> are you 
> > constrained to an 8-bit CPU? I think you should be
> looking at 32-bit 
> > IP cores such as ARM, ARC, MIPS, TenSilica, etc.
> if not 64-bit.
> > 
> > Graham.
> 
> I have to process a text file that can be up to 10Tb
> in size, the data 
> is only ascii, so I can not see the point for a
> larger sized CPU. Once a 
>   string is found, all it needs to do is hand the
> string up to the next 
> CPU for serving.
> 
> This is not a joke Guys, I have someone who is
> paying me to design this 
> system, and speed is essential, so it has to be held
> in Ram. I do not 
> plan to have one CPU to search the whole 10Tb I was
> planing on using 100 
> parallel CPU's each looking after 100Gb of ram.
> 
> Kat.
> 
> 
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