-------- In message <20160116080037.13903406...@ip-64-139-1-69.sjc.megapath.net>, Hal Murray writes:
>kb...@n1k.org said: >> The astonishing part of this “new world” is that a very complex chip that is >> made in high volume is cheaper than a handful of less popular (but far less >> complex) chips. > >It would be interesting to see the die sizes. Die size is not really an issue until they become big enough to impact overall yield. And apropos: I just used a LPC810, to do 5MHz to 1Hz for my HP5065A clock. It almost feels surreal to use a 32bit ARM CPU, even in a DIP8, for something so mundane... -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 p...@freebsd.org | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
