32 bit uC processors - cheap

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32-bit Processors, Cheap
Hardware
Posted by michael on Friday October 08, @02:32PM
from the repent-harlequin dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Atmel is sampling the first in a new line
of 32-bit system-on-chip processors [1] that could spell the death of the
venerable 8-bit microcontroller market by offering 32-bit performance
at 8-bit pricing. Priced as low as $3 each, the AT91SAM7 chips with
ARM7TDMI RISC CPU cores and built-in RAM/flash memory may even be able
to run a form of Linux called uClinux [2]. The death of the 8-bit uC
market has long been predicted -- sounds like the end is nigh!

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Since we were talking about them last night.
The links are:

 [1]	http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8553053411.html
 [2]	http://www.uclinux.org/

    Michael

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