[myhdl-list] It's a beautiful day

[Jan D. <ja...@ja...>]

A few weeks ago, I posted the following:

> From: Jan Decaluwe <ja...@ja...>
> Newsgroups: gmane.comp.python.myhdl
> Subject: My take on MyHDL weaknesses - and solutions
> Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2011 11:00:23 +0200
> ...
> Solution 2: The PyPy project (future). Python doesn't have
> to be slow: by employing clever JIT techniques, performance
> can be improved drastically e.g. 5-10x. I believe that MyHDL
> is a good candidate for this type of optimization. The day
> this happens would be one of the most important ones in
> MyHDL's history: the performance limitations would for a
> large part go away, and it would be the ultimate validation
> of the concept: benefitting from advances without having to
> do anything yourself :-)

I'm very happy to report that it looks like this day has
arrived now. PyPy 1.5 is compatible with Python 2.7, and
I'm seeing really spectacular speedup factors.

I have documented my findings extensively here:

     http://www.myhdl.org/doku.php/performance

Obviously, I would like to create some buzz about this, but
I want to move carefully. First I would like to know if
people with relevant simulations get similar results.

Feedback is therefore very welcome; I think everything needed
to get started is documented on the page mentioned above.

Jan

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