Forth Chips
References, links to Forth and stack machines in various technologies.
Minimal Instruction Set Computers
Stack-based processors, 5-bit words, 25 instructions, 7000 transistors, 80 MIPS, 50 milliwatts, low cost; designed by Chuck Moore, creator of Forth programming language.
SandPiper Technology
Course on minimal processors: Guided Exploration of two FPGA-based CPU Designs, led by John Rible.
MSL16 Processor
Minimal instruction set, small, low power 16-bit CPU optimized to run Forth on a Xilinx FPGA. When system is stable, VHDL source code for CPU and all other code will be released to make a full open source public domain CPU.
Java Optimized Processor
JOP is the implementation of a small java processor with the JVM fitting in a FPGA.
PTSC: Patriot Scientific Corp.
Makes IGNITE I ROSC (Removed Operand Set Computer), PSC1000 32-bit embedded shBoom-based microprocessor line, many ISDN interface products, sophisticated antenna/radar technologies.
NASA: Space Related Applications of Forth
Uses of Forth microprocessors and programming language: controllers for spacecraft flight systems, on-board payload experiments, ground support; hardware or software to build or test flight or ground systems.
JFAR: Journal of Forth Application and Research: v5
1987 Rochester Forth Conference Proceedings. Four abstracts of Forth processor systems. This was the same conference at which the S.N. Baranoff papers were first publicized in the West.
Overview of the E16 CPU
Small, fast stack-based processor for FPGAs. CPU prototyped and debugged in ANS Forth. A simple RTL-specific language extension provides discrete event simulation for structural model of CPU and allows concise architecture representation.
New Micros, Inc.
Designs, builds: single board computers (SBC), peripherals, embedded systems, PCB design/layout, high level programming (industry leaders in Forth), custom design work; large line of stock products: from full handheld computers to development packages. Since 1980.
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