> Please update me ( I have been away from the discussion for months) on
> what a Scenix SX is and where I can find data on it.

It's a reprogrammable chip that has more or less the same instruction
set as the PIC16C5X chips. The difference is that it can run about
20 times faster.

The reasoning for making these parts is that, instead of spending
big bucks developing hardware goodies that may prove faulty in the
field, they give you super computing speed so you can write it in
software. You can test your software fully and *know* it works.
New applications only involve putting these libraries together.

Other applications include programmable logic simulation. Because
these beauties are so fast, you can simulate having a micro and a
PLA in the same package.

There is plenty of skepticism around as to whether these parts
are vapourware or not. My development kit is on its way, so I
can tell you they are real.

But watch the plot thicken : Microchip sued Scenix for big bucks
for patent infringements last year. Since Mchip have withdrawn all
but two of the suits.

I can predict that Microchip will sue Scenix again and again to
keep their hands out of the mid-end micro cookie jar.

Speaking of Mchip litigation; I notice that Mchip 'settled' some
dispute over the Keeloq technology with Rohm and Excel. Does
anybody know who paid who and what it was about?

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Tjaart van der Walt
mailto:tjaart@wasp.co.za
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