On Nov 8, 2012, at 8:39 PM, Xiaofan Chen wrote: > Imagination will not be that interested in the MCU space as the older MIP= S. Perhaps they'll be more interested? MIPS only attracted Microchip in that = space, while there were a bunch of players in the higher end MIPS space. I'm still wondering where the x86-architecture microcontrollers are, given = that the patents have expired=85 Perhaps the CISC architecture really does= n't scale down as well as a RISC. BillW --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .