Statement & apology (was Re: 10 Year Rule)

[Hans Franke]

Am 1 Sep 2006 0:07 meinte Pete Turnbull:
> On Aug 31 2006, 12:34, Hans Franke wrote:
> > Roy J. Tellason wrote:
> > > Interesting question.  I know that the last time I was paying
> > > attention to that area,  embedded systems were starting to use
> > > 386 chips.  And my Tek scope has an 8088 in it...

> > After all, it doesn't doesn't realy matter what CPU is used, as
> > long as it does it's job as a black box controll system.

> > But yeah, Pentiums (and alikes) are already the base for most new
> > embedded developments.

> "Most"?  I don't think so.  2 billion ARM/XScale cores licensed in the
> last 12 months, and about a quarter that number of MIPS chips/cores.
>  Pentiums don't even come close.

Well, yes, you got me nailed down there. I was only thinking
in the area of low volume embedded system - classic machinery
control, idustrial applications. That's here the part I know
most, and where I found that x86 is strong.

Would it be better phrased if I said: Pentums and alikes are
by now the majority of new x86 based embedded systems?

Gruss
H.
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