32-bit Microcontroller for $1.00 -Guy Macon

While researching something else, I ran into the
following rather interesting opinions:

Consolidating the MCU market around the ARM architecture
("It's inevitable. ARM's Cortex-M3 processor core is going
dominate the MCU market.")
http://www.embedded.com/columns/guest/207001013

Luminary Micro Announces 32-bit Microcontrollers for $1.00
-- First to Launch Products Based on the ARM Cortex M3 Processor
http://www.design-reuse.com/news/12919/luminary-micro-32-bit-microcontrollers-1-00-launch-products-arm-cortex-m3-processor.html
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-27-2006/0004327081&EDATE=

Rich feature set key in MCU market:
http://www.ciol.com/Semicon/Design-Trends/News-Reports/Rich-feature-set-key-in-MCU-market/10708107822/0/

$1.68 per chip QTY 100:
http://www.mouser.com/Search/ProductDetail.aspx?qs=6ARB0lp6jlUH%2fsxfAjgajA%3d%3d
http://www.luminarymicro.com/products/lm3s101.html

$249.00 Development Kit:
http://www.mouser.com/Search/ProductDetail.aspx?qs=6ARB0lp6jlWcf9eiWJhtdw%3d%3d
http://www.luminarymicro.com/products/development_kits.html

$79.00 Daughter board:
http://www.mouser.com/Search/ProductDetail.aspx?qs=6ARB0lp6jlX7a0oGmOj3vA%3d%3d
http://www.luminarymicro.com/products/expansion_daughterboards.html

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Posted by rickman on July 21, 2008, 3:31 pm

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Is this even news at this point??? Some two or three years ago I
pointed out that the ARM chips were getting cheaper and cheaper (at
that time around $2) commenting that there is getting to be no market
for the common 8 bit CPU. There were a couple who pointed out that
there are huge numbers of 8 bit devices used in the "invisible", mass
applications where even $0.01 makes a difference. Of course those apps
will always use 4 or 8 bit processors.

But the trend has been pretty obvious for some time now. Mostly it
has been reported that the 16 bit parts are being skipped over
migrating from 8 directly to 32 bit. I have also seen predictions
that the 8 bit market will level off and start to decline although
keeping huge numbers.

For designs that don't need to save every last penny, it really has
gotten to the point that the 8 and 16 bit parts have little need.
Maybe if power is the ultimate requirement a 32 bit part can't keep up
with an 8 bit part, but even there the newer processes that are being
used mostly with 32 bit parts are making them competitive in the
lowest power apps too.

Rick

On Jul 21, 3:10 pm, Guy Macon <http://www.GuyMacon.com/> wrote:
> While researching something else, I ran into the
> following rather interesting opinions:
>
> Consolidating the MCU market around the ARM architecture
> ("It's inevitable. ARM's Cortex-M3 processor core is going
> dominate the MCU market.")http://www.embedded.com/columns/guest/207001013
>
> Luminary Micro Announces 32-bit Microcontrollers for $1.00
> -- First to Launch Products Based on the ARM Cortex M3

Processorhttp://www.design-reuse.com/news/12919/luminary-micro-32-bit-microcon...http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/stor...

>
> Rich feature set key in MCU

market:http://www.ciol.com/Semicon/Design-Trends/News-Reports/Rich-feature-s...

>
> $1.68 per chip QTY

100:http://www.mouser.com/Search/ProductDetail.aspx?qs=6ARB0lp6jlUH%2fsxf...http://www.luminarymicro.com/products/lm3s101.html

>
> $249.00 Development

Kit:http://www.mouser.com/Search/ProductDetail.aspx?qs=6ARB0lp6jlWcf9eiWJ...http://www.luminarymicro.com/products/development_kits.html

>
> $79.00 Daughter

board:http://www.mouser.com/Search/ProductDetail.aspx?qs=6ARB0lp6jlX7a0oGmO...http://www.luminarymicro.com/products/expansion_daughterboards.html

>
> --
> Guy Macon <http://www.GuyMacon.com/> Guy Macon <http://www.GuyMacon.com/>
> Guy Macon <http://www.GuyMacon.com/> Guy Macon <http://www.GuyMacon.com/>
> Guy Macon <http://www.GuyMacon.com/> Guy Macon <http://www.GuyMacon.com/>
> Guy Macon <http://www.GuyMacon.com/> Guy Macon <http://www.GuyMacon.com/>

Posted by John Devereux on July 21, 2008, 3:57 pm

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> Is this even news at this point??? Some two or three years ago I
> pointed out that the ARM chips were getting cheaper and cheaper (at
> that time around $2) commenting that there is getting to be no market
> for the common 8 bit CPU. There were a couple who pointed out that
> there are huge numbers of 8 bit devices used in the "invisible", mass
> applications where even $0.01 makes a difference. Of course those apps
> will always use 4 or 8 bit processors.
>
> But the trend has been pretty obvious for some time now. Mostly it
> has been reported that the 16 bit parts are being skipped over
> migrating from 8 directly to 32 bit. I have also seen predictions
> that the 8 bit market will level off and start to decline although
> keeping huge numbers.
>
> For designs that don't need to save every last penny, it really has
> gotten to the point that the 8 and 16 bit parts have little need.
> Maybe if power is the ultimate requirement a 32 bit part can't keep up
> with an 8 bit part, but even there the newer processes that are being
> used mostly with 32 bit parts are making them competitive in the
> lowest power apps too.
>

[...]

I suspect some devious google-ranking scheme :)

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John Devereux

Posted by Guy Macon on July 21, 2008, 9:08 pm

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John Devereux wrote:

>I suspect some devious google-ranking scheme :)

I prefer openly admitting to google-ranking schemes...

Plus, I always like to see who has a newsreader that changes
the Subject line (collapsing multiple spaces to one space,
inserting a CR/LF word wrap...) instead of folowing the
de-facto standard and leaving that line unchanged. :)

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<http://www.GuyMacon.com/>

Posted by John Devereux on July 22, 2008, 2:34 pm

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Guy Macon <http://www.GuyMacon.com/> writes:

> John Devereux wrote:
>

>>I suspect some devious google-ranking scheme :)

>
> I prefer openly admitting to google-ranking schemes...
>
> Plus, I always like to see who has a newsreader that changes
> the Subject line (collapsing multiple spaces to one space,
> inserting a CR/LF word wrap...) instead of folowing the
> de-facto standard and leaving that line unchanged. :)

Aha... so each and every newsreader does it a bit differently,
creating new thread titles for you. Sounds pretty devious to me :)

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John Devereux

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