Lpc2000

I am quite aware of the cell nature of the beast. Butting cells together 
is fine for predesigned and certified functions. The current cell design 
for the ARM core has worked for it's traditional uses but simply needs a 
little refinement for the newer uses as indicated by 'everything 
on-chip' non-expandable nature of many of the newer ARMs.

To say that it is nothing to do with Philips really portrays them as 
follow the numbers mechano set builders, which they definitely are not.

I am not lambasting Philips or ARM or anyone on this matter especially 
as this is Philips foray into the embedded ARM market for which I 
sincerely applaud it. But if Philips came out with a new ARM that still 
lacked fast I/O (what is this, I am asking for Ethernet or another hard 
ask), I would be very disappointed.

BTW, I appreciate your comments and those of others, I frequently lurk 
on this list but rarely have much time to participate :(

*Peter*

Leon Heller wrote:

>It's inherent in the ARM architecture, nothing to do with Philips.
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