1 Sep
2006
1 Sep
'06
3:44 a.m.
Am 1 Sep 2006 0:07 meinte Pete Turnbull:
On Aug 31 2006, 12:34, Hans Franke wrote:
> Roy J. Tellason wrote:
> > Interesting question. I know that the last time I was paying
> > attention to that area, embedded systems were starting to use
> > 386 chips. And my Tek scope has an 8088 in it...
> After all, it doesn't doesn't realy
matter what CPU is used, as
> long as it does it's job as a black box controll system.
> But yeah, Pentiums (and alikes) are already the
base for most new
> embedded developments.
"Most"? I don't think so. 2 billion
ARM/XScale cores licensed in the
last 12 months, and about a quarter that number of MIPS chips/cores.
Pentiums don't even come close.
Well, yes, you got me nailed down there. I was only thinking
in the area of low volume embedded system - classic machinery
control, idustrial applications. That's here the part I know
most, and where I found that x86 is strong.
Would it be better phrased if I said: Pentums and alikes are
by now the majority of new x86 based embedded systems?
Gruss
H.
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