Mike Smith wrote: > > ---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. Hear Hear... Hooray for the cynics... Nic ;-)