[sdiy] Small MCU MIPS, DMIPS?

[karl dalen]

>Scott Gravenhorst <music.maker at gte.net>:
> Fine.  Substitute those words.  My point remains
> the same.  

And that was?
 
> And if you will read what I write, I wasn't trying to up
> the ante, a megaword  (or megabyte) of static RAM or DRAM
> is just silly from the chip manufacturer's
> point of view.

Silly? Now that's a silly remark!

> If it were economically feasible, they would be doing it.

No, and as i said already everything boils down to marketing.
No manufacturer commit suicide, they build future plans.
They know perfectly well what the current technology they
have at hand can do for them, then the sales and marketing 
people comes in and take over from there.

They also know quite well what next generation of technology
can bring into the company and deals with that accordingly.

A dishwasher manufacturer has no idea ,clue at all what next
generation of semiconductor process can do for them it's simply
not in their business to know. 

> won't happen because the buyers that purchase in huge
> quantities don't need that much RAM for their applications
> such as kitchen appliances, clocks and a cartload of other
> little stuff.

Thats just part of the explenation, the baker machine dont need
the dsPIC's 16k ram at all. Different market has different demands
and the audio market can have a demand for 1Mbyte DRAM simple as
that. Microchip could make a FV-1 any day if they wanted to enter
el cheapo audio toy whatever market.
 
> You seem to be nitpicking tiny little details - the
> consequence of which appears to be a desire to start 
> an argument and I will not participate. 
> I don't normally respond to your posts because that seems
> to be the flow of them anyway.  So I've made my point and I'm done.

Yes we all know you usually turn on and go into orbit as soon as
something are said that dont fit your pre defined mental picture
of the issue brought up to debate.Its no one else's problem than
your's Scott. I dont consider 1MB DRAM silly nor nitpicking, i see
that as a serious advantage for a dsPIC however it could bee seen
as you nitpicking about not getting right in your assumptions? 
 
> >If a japanese firm could do it in late
> >90'es i dont see why they cant do it now.
> 
> Whatever Karl, I concede that you are far smarter than I
> am.  OK?  Are we done yet?

Obviusly not since you have made up your mind about how
MIPS should viewed despite everybody else's opinion.

I dont really get it why you position your self into
a position saying its not feasible when it has already
been done like 12 years ago? Is that smart? I just look
around and made the conclusion its already been done.

KD