"When we hit the point that an FPGA could house a reasonable 32-bit processor capable of running an OS or RTOS, enough peripherals to construct a useful machine, and enough memory to run an interesting application, we entered a new era of embedded processing options." "Mico32 is a soft-core RISC processor that can be easily dropped into an FPGA" "Lattice has gone the open source route, cleverly betting that enabling processor-based designs on their devices was much more important than locking customers into their architecture with an IP core." http://www.fpgajournal.com/articles_2006/20060926_softcore.htm doni