homebrewed 32-bit cpu?

[Chuck Guzis]

On 2 Apr 2007 at 14:50, David Griffith wrote:

> Has anyone here pondered a 32-bit CPU in the spirit of the Magic-1?  How
> much harder would that be?

I'll guess that by this you mean a CPU with a 32-bit word size.

There are always FPGA designs, but I'll assume that you mean a CPU 
built from TTL SSI/MSI.

Do you have a speed requirement?  Designing one with a bit-serial ALU 
might not be a bad approach not requiring a mountain of logic.

Cheers,
Chuck