In SX Microcontrollers, SX/B Compiler and SX-Key Tool, mgreen wrote:

Dave,
Once Parallax runs out of SX chips they will certainly not be out of the microcontroller business.  There may be many applications where the SX may be very well matched to the application, that doesn't make it the only chip suitable for the application.  The Propeller is an excellent chip for many applications where the SX may be a cheaper alternative.  It may not be what you want and that's ok.  Some users of the SX may migrate to PIC chips or AVR chips or whatever.  Some may migrate to the Propeller.  Parallax will continue to provide unusually excellent support of their products like the Propeller and you will see other tools for Propeller development that will make what's already easy development even easier (like Hanno's graphical programming tool and Bean and JonnyMac's SX/B-like compiler).

I have no way of knowing for sure, but I suspect that the Propeller I's cost will continue to decrease over time, maybe not quite as cheap as the SX, but cheaper than it is now.

Personally, I think it would be a mistake for Parallax to try to support the PICs.  They're complex chips, require a lot of support, particularly for beginners, and Parallax would get very very little for their effort and expense in a market where the competition is so great and the margins are so little.

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