Lpc2000

Henry, 

> Often the chip manufacturers "probe" the market with new 
> product ideas before any realisation of the product. Just to 
> see if is there an interest for it and if a critical mass 
> will be reached. That's not new!!
> But I think they want offer a more up-to-date alternative to 
> their high-speed 8051 micros. I don't think they sell often 
> that beast - running at 5 volts with 1 watt power consumption 
> for the 50 MIPS device, with such a bad 8051 op-code set 
> (Inefficient for high-level progs. I know what I'm saying as 
> an ex-Phytec employee).
> 
> The question is why they don't make ARM devices.

Requires multiple licenses, per-processor royalties, they can't alter
the instruction set, ARM isn't ultra low power, ARM is 32 bits.  That's
five good reasons.

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Paul Curtis, Rowley Associates Ltd  http://www.rowley.co.uk
CrossWorks for MSP430, ARM, and (soon) Atmel AVR processors