---Original Message----- From: myke predko To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Date: Sunday, 10 August 1997 12:22 Subject: New PICs and Architectures >Hi, > >This is really a question for the Microchip engineers. > >When I look through the "Future Products" .pdf I was wondering what kind of >architecture is going to be used for some of the devices. > >For example, the 16C179 seems to be a High-End (17Cxx) Architecture, but I >was wondering how so much "SRAM" (File Registers) are implemented. In >"Advance Information", there is very little information on this. I'm also >curious about the "Software Stack". > >When will more information be available on this? > Did you notice the 18 month leadtime before *samples* were going to be available? This is the hardware equivalent of vapourware. I mean, if Microsoft stated that their next os, lets call it, um, Washington, would run on a 386, would support all 95, 98, and NT 5 features, and offer voice recognition and be fully object-oriented, but wouldn't have any betas available til 1st 1/4 '99, how much credence would you give them? Given the severe lack of info in 'Future Products', I'd write it off as damage control... MikeS If MicroChip disagree, I'd love to see info disproving my statement. Leadtime still speaks volumes, though.