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From: cs191049@cs.brown.edu (Aaron Smith)
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Subject: Re: Mass produced custom chips
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Date: 17 Apr 91 01:46:21 GMT
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The ee department at Brown University (LEMS lab) is working on a reconfigurable
machine based on programmable gate arrays.  Right now, our major obsticle is 
the reconfigure time.  With a reconfigure time of 1ms, several gate arrays 
could be combined to produce a different configuration on every other clock
cycle or somewhere close to that.  I think reconfigurability holds great
promise.  Out current weapon of choice is the Xlinx line.

Aaron Smith 
Graduate Student
ats@lems.brown.edu