On 26 Jan 2010 at 23:33, Pete Turnbull wrote:
There's an awful lot of 32-bit parts in things
that don't really need
that sort of grunt. I'm reminded of a colleague who told me his
friend was working on fuses for explosives -- building PICs into the
detonators.
That trend will probably continue with the Cortex M0 chips coming
out. Just as cheap as the PIC and AVR and 8051 types.
--Chuck