Tag: instruction-set-architecture
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Synthetic CPU first tests
In the last post, Building the synthetic CPU, I expected the CPU, running a machine code version of the Mandelbrot test, to run at least 10x faster. Well, here’s the test: It ran in 4ms, and the original, SoapyBASIC interpreted version runs in about 50ms. So I’m happy with that. My synthetic CPU does an…
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Building the synthetic CPU
Following on the last post, I’m keeping focus on the plan, which is to move SoapyBASIC from an interpreter written in Swift to a compiler written in Swift, tagging an Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) that I need to design, and of course the CPU to implement that ISA. The ISA Three weeks in to 2025…