What is X?

XMOS XS1-G4 144BGA Datasheet

XS1-G4 Description
The XS1-G family blends a powerful programmable fabric based on multi-threaded processors with a high-level programming language design flow. XMOS chips are general-purpose programmable devices that can be used in a wide range of applications and systems.

The XS1-G4 is ideally suited to applications such as Ethernet AV, networked audio, intelligent LED display controllers and chip-level security applications. The XS1-G4 device integrates four XCore™devices. Each XCore contains a 32-bit processor, memory, I/O ports for communicating with external components and channels for communicating with other devices. A high performance switch supports low latency and deterministic communication between the threads in different XCores. The XMOS architecture is unique in its direct support for concurrent processing (multi-threading), event handling, communication and timed I/O operations.

Edit: formatting.

Last edited by BigBentheAussie on 04-Jan-2010 at 02:11 PM.

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@Derfs
Nobody is, LOL the winners would wear a crown made of it.. (and did so in 2004 too)
Olive oil has long been considered sacred; it was used to anoint kings and athletes in ancient Greece. It was burnt in the sacred lamps of temples as well as being the "eternal flame" of the original Olympic Games. Victors in these games were crowned with its leaves. Today, it is still used in many religious ceremonies

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive

@TrevorDick

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TrevorDick wrote: @Cool_amigaN Quote: Greek mythology because every person/act/myth is always affiliated with another one thus creating a labyrinth the minator? (runs and hides) TrevorD

Lol, damn, you solved my own riddle way too fast!

But I, know what you have been up to

http://www.xcore.com/projects/x-one-xc-2-video-console

And, ffs, the first one who posted a comment has a Greek nickname .. Omer! lol

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@Geennaam
Aside from the fact that the 440 comes only with L1 cache while the Titan has 3 levels (L0,L1 and large L2) real efficiency is one of the innovations here, Titan has less Branch mis-predictions compared to the 440, PA-Semi and Freescale designs, this speeds up performance as well (even if you do the same number of instructions per clock, if the result gets flushed from cache due to being the the ill fruit of mis-prediction you get the picture...).

But basically my point is that NO, the Titan core is quite revolutionary (due to several innovations that deliver better results per clock) and limiting its description to being a 2Ghz 440 is wrong.

Yes a simd runs current apps faster, but no need for one if we are running "Amiga old" applications on a 2GHZ beast, most run greatly on a 800Mhz Sam and others would run great if the Sam had some additional MHZ (and consider that this CPU has only L1 cache) how do you think they'll run on a 2Ghz Titan core?.

The problem is future software not old one, and besides, if Xena is something not even Hyperion knows what will be able to do, it means its programmable and that no current software makes use of it.

By your way of reasoning "Which programmer will bother?..."

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Meaby it is it:
https://www.xmos.com/products/development-kits/xmp-64

In place for processor, could be a socket to put borard with many... many processors.

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The end was found, fricatively wound, in the branches of the very first tree.

Yggdrasill shivers,
the ash, as it stands.
The old tree groans,
and the giant slips free.

stupid question from my side - for my unterstanding...
this new hardware is done by "a-eon technology" which is not "hyperion".
the "MAP" is hyperions "project".

so what exactly is the MAP now?
is it the adoption of os4.x to multi core? or smth else?

thanks and
regards...

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What is X?

XS1-G4 PROGRAMMABLE DEVICE

The XS1-G4 device provides four programmable XCore devices. Each XCore contains a 32-bit processor, memory, I/O ports for communicating with external components and channels for communicating with other devices. A high performance switch supports low latency and deterministic communication between the threads in other XCores.

XS1-G4 KEY FEATURES
Performance
• Four processors providing 1600MIPs and up to 32 concurrent, deterministic real-time tasks
• Single-cycle context switch between threads; each thread has
• Access to 16 dedicated registers, enabling threads to operate as unique logical cores
• Guaranteed hard real-time performance regardless of the state of other threads
• 32 x 32 64bit MAC providing high performance DSP and cryptographic functions

Responsiveness
• Up to 64 input/output pins (per XCore) that can be dynamically configured as input, output or bi-directional

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I don't know what the Phoenicians used to see, but 'i' use my eye.
The very first page has NEMO in the GURU code. Is that a rage?

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What is X?

XCore Wiki

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@TrevorDick

Yes TD

the labyrinth? Θησεύς - Theseus?

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@graincloud

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is there any technology company with a reference in name or location to the olive tree?

Olivetti

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@XaVeR

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XaVeR wrote: Meaby it is it: https://www.xmos.com/products/development-kits/xmp-64 In place for processor, could be a socket to put borard with many... many processors.

Hey, at this page http://www.xmos.com/company/partners is the university of ----> Bristol!

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@MichaelMerkel

A-eon is a company set up by Hyperion (or at least Ben Hermans) to handle the hardware side of business separately from the Software.

@Cool_amigaN

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Hey, at this page http://www.xmos.com/company/partners is the university of ----> Bristol!

Already mentioned that.

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Aren't 1600 total Mips a little weak? (heck it's around the performance of a top range AMCC460!).


Unless: we get a board with a cluster of these things...

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@XaVeR

If it is compatible with Xorro slot, it would be interesting toy.

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greek and Corresponding Phoenician letter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_alphabet

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What was the company name for the guys that were developing that transputer board for the Amiga way back in the day ?

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