Lpc2000

Richard,

> I didn't think they list the sales price? 

$4.6M.  That's not a high valuation, unless there is something else.
We'll see when the accounts come out.

> Wow, may be we will do a 8051 
> compiler after all. This may create a vacuum on the 8051/C16x 
> toolchain space...

Why?  ARM said they'll keep 8051 and C166 compilers on the go.

> See Paul, if only you have done a Thumb-2 compiler, they 
> might have bought you! :-)

I don't believe so.  I don't think they wanted *another* compiler.  Put
it this way, ARM have had a gig with Metrowerks and did the CodeWarrior
thing to get an IDE, but now Metrowerks seems to be pulling out of the
ARM game.  Then ARM bought in the RealView stuff (forget who they
purchased that from) to replace the old ARM debugger.  They know their
IDE is a bit crufty and needs a refresh, so perhaps that's why they
purchased Keil?  From a distance, it just seems ARM's tool strategy is
all bits and pieces.

- Paul.