On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Jesse Lackey wr= ote: > Humm, interesting. =A0While I think the coming decade will be the decade > of ARM (and I've put my money where my mouth is - bought some ARM stock > with meager retirement savings fund), I'm glad to see Microchip is going > the MIPS route with a few brave others to be the Pepsi to ARM's Coke. =A0= I > think the TI stellaris parts are marvelous and are the 1st choice for > most new designs I do, BUT, I worry (well not really actually worry but > am mildly concerned) that in 3-4 years ARM will take over everything an > progress will slow. =A0Having a Team B will keep everybody running faster= .. > I agree. On a seperate note, NXP is coming out something interesting to compete with dsPIC. The performance should be higher than dsPIC with Cortex M4 core (the roadmap shows 150MHz, 180MHz for Freescale's Cortex M4 part). http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4210275/NXP-mixes-Cortex-M4-and-M0-= in-dual-core-attack --=20 Xiaofan --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .