Thursday, April 22, 2010

A fixed OpenSPARC T2 build for Design Compiler 2009....

Just a very quick note to say that we have fixed the compile problems for the OpenSPARC T1 processor when building it with modern versions of Design Compiler (any > 2007).

More information, including sizes and speeds on the Synopsys 90nm EDK to follow. Bear in mind it is missing the PLL and a couple of other small modules.

We will, of course, push this upstream.

Laird Tpcm 7250 is as good as Honeywell PTM7950 as thermal paste / interface for PC

[This is not very scientific, however it is notable. At 7.5W/m-K vs the installed SYY-157 at 15.7 W/m-K it performed better in real world lo...