[Info-vax] [OT] MIPS cores, was: Re: Chinese Alpha?

[Simon Clubley]

On 2012-04-28, John Wallace <johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> That doesn't mean it isn't happening, some might think it would be
> quite sensible if it was happening (the architecture is proven, freely
> available existing reference designs are proven albeit dated,
> available architecture-specific software is proven. MIPS in general is
> currently receiving the Last Rites, even in the embedded market, so
> wouldn't be an obvious choice unless there were special
> circumstances).
>

Interesting development here. Microchip have recently released a series
of 32 bit MCUs (the PIC32MX) which have a MIPS core and a PIC24 type
peripheral set. No full blown MMU on board as far as I can tell however,
which given the memory sizes the MCU support is not really a surprise.

> If you want 32bit addressing and don't need Windows, ARM has a great
> deal going for it.
>

ARM is my preferred embedded MCU of choice, all other things been equal.

Simon.

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