tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17864065.post-29760496847821957642008-04-09T23:37:00.005-04:002008-04-09T23:51:10.658-04:00The results of the <a href="http://rijndael.ece.vt.edu/memocontest08/everybodywins/">2008 MemoCODE Codesign contest</a> were just released (yesterday, I believe). There were 8 teams with a total of 9 entries -- only one team and entry used Bluespec. No doubt a very strong team -- but the results are stunning. This is the difference between thinking and fluidly expressing architecture <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">and</span> doing RTL. In the hands of a very strong team, you get an especially powerful, mutually-reinforcing combination.<br /><br /><table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"><thead><tr><th scope="col">Team ID</th> <th scope="col">Normalized<br />Speedup</th> <th scope="col">Platform</th> <th scope="col">Design Languages</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr align="left"> <td> team kermin </td> <td align="right"> 1102.4 </td> <td> XUP </td> <td> Bluespec </td> </tr> <tr align="left"> <td> team brian </td> <td align="right"> 100.2 </td> <td> XUP </td> <td> C </td> </tr> <tr align="left"> <td> team marco </td> <td align="right"> 85.4 </td> <td> XUP </td> <td> C + HDL </td> </tr> <tr align="left"> <td> team uljana </td> <td align="right"> 49.8 </td> <td> XUP </td> <td> C + HDL </td> </tr> <tr align="left"> <td> team sunita (1) </td> <td align="right"> 41.1 </td> <td> XUP </td> <td> C + HDL </td> </tr> <tr align="left"> <td> team vijay </td> <td align="right"> 33.0 </td> <td> XUP </td> <td> C + HDL </td> </tr> <tr align="left"> <td> team rob </td> <td align="right"> 23.5 </td> <td> XUP </td> <td> C + HDL </td> </tr> <tr align="left"> <td> team eric </td> <td align="right"> 12.8 </td> <td> XC2VP100 Amirix </td> <td> C + HDL </td> </tr> <tr align="left"> <td> team sunita (2) </td> <td align="right"> 11.0 </td> <td> XUP </td> <td> C + Impulse C </td></tr></tbody></table>George Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12782319843580094075noreply@blogger.com0