On 1/16/16 10:07 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
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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...
And how many thousand lines of code (including libraries, etc. that may
have been pulled in)?
I had just this discussion yesterday at work with someone. These days,
silicon (even going into space) is much cheaper than people. Sure, you
could optimize a hand crafted little routine in assembler. Or, you could
just load up RTEMS, compile your program, link in newlib, etc., and have
it working in a day. If you've got 2 MByte of memory, nobody cares
whether you use 1kbyte or 50kbyte.
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