OO vs. CO

[Wwas]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ulf Wiger" <etxuwig@REDACTED>
To: "Jay Nelson" <jay@REDACTED>
Cc: <erlang-questions@REDACTED>
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 6:23 PM
Subject: Re: OO vs. CO


> On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Jay Nelson wrote:
> 
> >Ulf wrote:
> >
> >
> >> > If I'm not mistaken, the ECOMP (Erlang Processor) exists in
> >> > two fully simulated versions: one traditional VHDL
> >> > simulator, and one Erlang-based simulator. The Erlang-based
> >> > simulator was the easiest to implement and the easiest to
> >> > work with.
> >
> >What is the "Erlang Processor"?  When can I get one at
> >Radio Shack?
> 
> 
> http://www.erlang.se/euc/00/processor.ppt
> 
> Unfortunately, this project has not been moving much since
> then (some additional work was done, and very little now
> remains before one could start testing an FPGA version.)
> 
> Perhaps it will spring to life again someday...
> (There seems to be reluctance towards releasing hardware
> designs as Open Source -- I don't know why.)
> 
> /Uffe
> -- 
> Ulf Wiger, Senior Specialist,
>    / / /   Architecture & Design of Carrier-Class Software
>   / / /    Strategic Product & System Management
>  / / /     Ericsson AB, Connectivity and Control Nodes

http://www.opencores.com/ has a nice collection of open-source 
hardware designs.

-was