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32-bit Processors, Cheap

Posted by michael on 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 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. The death of the 8-bit uC market has long been predicted -- sounds like the end is nigh!"

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  1. offtopic by Revek · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    does anybody here every order from tiger direct

  2. Re:Predictable troll by Tenareth · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I love Firefox and use it, but uhm... every browser for the past 5 years has had that, or don't you know how to enable the status bar?

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