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Is it possible to synthesize a linux kernel to ASIC?

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Is it possible to synthesize a linux kernel to ASIC?
Linux is written in asm/C. Can you convert the kernel source into verilog and then into a ASIC?
Not the drivers and other support systems just the kernel itself.

Is that even possible? If not can it be done?
 

Anything is possible in software or hardware with enough time, space, and money. :razz: What really is the difference between hardware and software but the languages used to describe its functionality.

But today, the ability to synthesize generic C code to a hardware description is very limited.
 

uClinux has been ported to several processor cores like Nios or MicroBlaze to be run in a FPGA. To get it into an ASIC seems to be a matter of finding a uClinux supported processor core.
 

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uClinux has been ported to several processor cores like Nios or MicroBlaze to be run in a FPGA. To get it into an ASIC seems to be a matter of finding a uClinux supported processor core.
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Can uClinux be in synthesized into hardware or ran off a rom?
 

uClinux runs as in a processor it is not directly implemented in the hardware. What it is implemented in the hardware is the processor for example ARM with its RAM and ROM.
 

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