19 Sep
2000
19 Sep
'00
12:04 a.m.
Don't forget the 4004 and the 4040.
Richard Erlacher wrote:
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> The Harvard architecture, however, is not particularly rare, however, being
> at the heart of nearly every DSP that there is. Moreover, the 8048 and 8051
> and all their scions have separate code and data spaces.
> If I were starting today with
microcontrollers of any sort, I'd be inclined
> to take on the SCENIX SX line. They're small, incredibly fast (100 MIPS)
> and available in 18, and 28-pin 0.300"-wide dip packaging, and some rather
> more difficult-to-use 44 and 52-pin packages for their larger part. The
> architecture is very much like the PIC, though it has somewhat more of a
> call stack.
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JimD.