Setting up a CPU-Database, looking for help.

[ZyMOS]

Hey I'm setting up a general CPU database, and im looking for help filling in the gaps. My goal is to cover all variants of the various CPU, MCU, DSP, FPU, ALU, etc.

I set it up as a GIT repository, so anyone can sign-up edit it, and anyone can view it. I made database as comma-seperated-value spreadsheets, so it can be edited using Excel, OpenOffice, LibreOffice, or text editor.

Ive wrote down allot of the details in the README file.
https://github.com/zymos/cpu-db/blob/master/README.txt

Here is the database
https://github.com/zymos/cpu-db


Let me know what you think. If you're interested it helping out, I can help you out in getting started.

Thanks
Jeff

[Robev]

Do you not think you may be re-inventing the wheel

[mavroxur]

[ZyMOS]

Perhaps, but i havn't seen any complete wheels liying around, only bits and pieces.

http://www.cpu-world.com/ isn't open, has gaps in its collection and its data and is not user editable.

http://www.chipdb.org/ only really has pictures

http://cpudb.stanford.edu/ is close but not user editable

I initially started this because i wanted a list of variants for each family. This is no single place to find them. cpu-world is the closest but is still missing tons of varients.

If you have any sources Id be glad to use them, but when i started to create these i had to goto a bunch of different places to find the data.

Thanks
Jeff

[Robev]

One of the biggest problems I see with your idea is that you talk of giving everyone and anyone the power to edit.
This could lead to a lot of false information being put out there and then others taking that false information as verbatim which would lead to all the information being suspect.
just my humble opinion.

[ZyMOS]

I had thought of that. I can up with two solutions to decrease that

First is its not a wiki website that anyone layman can edit. GIT takes a little knowhow, and more effort, so anyone willing to edit it this way will be less likely to be edited by stupid people. Not foolproof though

Second, the are 10 entries for each chip available for References.

Its not perfect, but there are erronious info on every site. And in theory, openness means more checkers for errors.

Jeff

[ayni]

http://www.x86-guide.com/ is useful - however there are no updates on the front page this year, and so far my registration is gone unconfirmed

[Mixeur]

[ayni]

[ZyMOS]

I decided to create the site.

http://cpu-db.info/

i got about 15,000 chips listed, and about 50% of them have detailed info.

There are still some bugs to work out on the website.

I could really use some help if your interested

jeff[/url]