Those French---Behind the Power Curve Again

I received the following note in an email newsletter:

"synchronous design startup readies ultra-low power 16-bit MCU
On the eve of the IP'2008 conference this week in Grenoble, Tiempo AS, 
French startup specializing in the design of asynchronous ICs, has 
unveiled a 16-bit microcontroller core that is claimed to consume less 
than 40 A per MIPS."


I wonder if this core is from one of those companies that also make
refrigerators and air conditioning units?   ;-)

On a less humorous note,  I assume that a 'micro' symbol is missing
in the last sentence.  The newsletter was HTML formatted, but there
was  only a space between  '40' and 'A'.    What should be used
to denote  microAmps?    I would have used   "40uA".


Mark Borgerson

On 2008-12-19, Mark Borgerson <mborgerson@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> I wonder if this core is from one of those companies that also make
> refrigerators and air conditioning units?   ;-)
>
> On a less humorous note,  I assume that a 'micro' symbol is missing
> in the last sentence.  The newsletter was HTML formatted, but there
> was  only a space between  '40' and 'A'.    What should be used
> to denote  microAmps?    I would have used   "40uA".

Well if it's HTML what's wrong with a real mu?  To be strictly
correct use a non-breaking space as well.

... 40&nbsp;&mu;A per MIPS.

-- 
Andrew Smallshaw
andrews@sdf.lonestar.org

Andrew Smallshaw wrote:
> Mark Borgerson <mborgerson@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> I wonder if this core is from one of those companies that also
>> make refrigerators and air conditioning units?   ;-)
>>
>> On a less humorous note,  I assume that a 'micro' symbol is
>> missing in the last sentence.  The newsletter was HTML formatted,
>> but there was  only a space between  '40' and 'A'.    What should
>> be used to denote  microAmps?    I would have used   "40uA".
> 
> Well if it's HTML what's wrong with a real mu?  To be strictly
> correct use a non-breaking space as well.

Well, I would have used text, and "40 uA".  Hard to misread.

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