Re: Linux on 16-bit processors

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@zytor.com)
19 Mar 2003 09:36:36 -0800

Followup to: <1048084009.30751.23.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk>
By author: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> BTW are "real" 16bit processors actually cheaper any more ? 16bit keeps
> costs down but several 683xx processors seem to use 16bit external
> data bus as do some ARM.
>

80186 seems to be going strong, still; and EZ80 is available as a
synthesizable core (basically a Z80 with a 24-bit addressing mode and
a very primitime MMU.)

-hpa

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