LispmFPGA

The goal of this project is to create a small Lisp-Machine in an FPGA.

The hardware will be defined in the Verilog language on a Spartan 3 Xilinx FPGA
The concrete system I am working with is the Spartan 3 Starter Kit from Digilent
The core of the project is designing a CPU with Lisp optimized instruction set together with a complete set of system software written in Lisp
The CPU is mostly ready as synthesizable Verilog
Currently an interpreter for Lisp in Lisp is mostly ready, a compiler (prototype) is operational
A simple garbage collector (stop and copy) is ready
A basic OS has to be be written
A simulator for the CPU exists on a instruction level in Common Lisp
Currently I use Lispworks' free Lispworks Personal IDE for Lisp development

The LispmFPGA computing fib(9) (with fib(0)=fib(1)=1, fib(k)=fib(k-1)+fib(k-2) and two tag bits zero to the right):

A sad truth about this website:

If you are interested in this project, you are invited to send me a mail at
juergen.boehm@aviduratas.de.

At the moment I could really need help from someone who would solder an SD/MMC card interface for the Spartan Board.

Zuletzt geändert - 17 02 2008