Lpc2000

--- In lpc2000@yahoogroups.com, Rod Moffitt <rodlist@r...> wrote:
> I don't think a higher end device like this would benefit those
currently 
> designing with the LPC2K series devices. This is because ARM9 devices 
> typically don't contain Flash, and sometimes no RAM for that matter.
They 
> are usually targeted for full-featured OSs (Linux, VxWorks, etc.)
that can 
> take advantage of the caches, MMU, etc.. They also have much higher pin 
> counts (and more often than not are only available in BGA).
> 
> A good example is the ARM9200 from Atmel (which although is
available in a 
> super large 208 pin PQFP it contains no Flash so it is not suitable
for my 
> designs which don't have the board space, cost or design time budget to 
> add external Flash and SRAM/SDRAM).
> 
> Don't get me wrong, I am very much looking forward to seeing what
Philips 
> can do with ARM9, yet it won't be your typically LPC2K part. However in 
> the future (probably not near, mind you) we could see super SoC ARM9 
> devices with 1MB of Flash and RAM, or more - how many designers 5 years 
> ago were dreaming of 32 bit RISC with 1/2MB Flash and 64KB RAM on chip, 
> and now that is a reality thanks to Philips, Atmel and others???


Yes, I have seen the same thing.  I expect the 3000 is aimed at the
PDA and similar markets given the OTG USB and no Ethernet.