Show HN: I made a discrete logic network card
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#2Very cool! How long did it take you?
It's really impressive!
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#3Very cool! How long did it take you? It's really impressive!
Building the network module took about a month, but writing the compiler took much more time.
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#4Super impresssive! I would absolutely love to work on such projects and admire the passion and countless hours that went into understanding and then building the system.
Retirement is not something desirable for me, so maybe that's when I'll spend my time on hardware and software projects like this.
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#7Very cool! How long did it take you? It's really impressive!
Building the network module took about a month, but writing the compiler took much more time.
> writing the compiler took much more time
Impressive stuff.
I've dabbled wuth making my own ISA and softcore CPU in FPGA, but getting C code to compile has been a bit of a blocker.
I know there are some compilers one could try to port but my ISA is kinda esoteric so not straight forward, and so I considered just writing from scratch like you have.
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Building the network module took about a month, but writing the compiler took much more time.
> writing the compiler took much more time Impressive stuff. I've dabbled wuth making my own ISA and softcore CPU in FPGA, but getting C code to compile has been a bit of a blocker. I know there are some compilers one could try to port but my ISA is kinda esoteric so not straight forward, and so I considered just writing from scratch like you have.
> I know there are some compilers one could try to port but my ISA is kinda esoteric so not straight forward
Same. I tried digging into exsiting compilers, but they are either unsuitable at all or too complicated (clang).
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#10Very cool! How long did it take you? It's really impressive!
Building the network module took about a month, but writing the compiler took much more time.
Very impressive! Could you share some books, training, experiences that helped you reach this stage so a hobbyist could catch up? There are so many parts - compiler design, basic electronics, computer architecture etc. Maybe a blog post.