I really dislike it when the marketing mess with the
engineer decision. Come on keep it simple! Why incur
more cost?! Why use a chip that use more power? Why oh
why? It is like when they say they need a linux box
with LIGHT pc hardware to run a home controller.....
Then they say they cannot sell b'cos it is too
expensive! 

John

--- David VanHorn <dvanhorn@microbrix.com> wrote:

> >
> > That one can be solved: redefine the meaning of
> 'b' and give them the 1Mb.
> 
> 
> Unfortunately, they did say "megabyte".
> 
> All the requirements that I mentioned turned out to
> have no more grounding
> than a discussion over drinks.  We had a competitor
> (tiny) who was using a
> 16 bit processor for the same application, and so
> the marketing guys turned
> this into "16 bit technology" and decided we needed
> it.  The job could be
> done with a 4 bit processor if it came right down to
> it, but of course was a
> trivial fit for an 8 bitter.
> 
> This is what happens when system architecture
> decisions are made by guys who
> send .exe files to ASCII mode printers. (really..)
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