SMT techniques (was Re: group buy for homebrew CPUs?)

[Don]

Ray Arachelian wrote:
> <Devil'sAdvocateMode>
> 
> Except that each one of the logic operations emulated are executed on a
> real ALU, using similar devices. 
> 
> For example, when you run an AND opcode through an emulator, at some
> point, the real CPU running the emulator does run it through a set of
> AND gates. 
> 
> When you do an ADD, or SUB that ADD or SUB goes through an ALU running a
> similar instruction.

Using ADD or SUB gates, as appropriate...  <snicker>

> You could look at this as being "interpreted" on
> a real computer, and "compiled" on an FPGA. 
> 
> Sort of. :-)

Actually, not a bad analogy!