What is the smallest, cheapest microprocessor?
Smallest, cheapest 8 bit processor
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DM McGowan II wrote:> What is the smallest, cheapest microprocessor?This has many answers, depends on ALL of the below : - What volumes ? - Do you want MASK, OTP or Flash ? - How brain-dead can it be ? - In which country will the devices be sold ? - If smallest and cheapest do not both occur together, which is more important ? - What part of the semi-business cycle is the supplier in ? - Do EOL schedules matter to your product ? anything from sub 30c to ~99c could be considered correct answers... -jg
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"DM McGowan II" <nospam@nospam.net> skrev i meddelandet news:0_idne91Tdm72j3dRVn-hw@comcast.com...> What is the smallest, cheapest microprocessor? >A free ATtiny13 sample is probably close to your needs ... -- Best Regards, Ulf Samuelsson ulf@a-t-m-e-l.com This is a personal view which may or may not be share by my Employer Atmel Nordic AB
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"Jim Granville" <no.spam@designtools.co.nz> wrote in message news:mCZnc.1246$FN.134507@news02.tsnz.net...> DM McGowan II wrote: > > What is the smallest, cheapest microprocessor? > > This has many answers, depends on ALL of the below : > > - What volumes ? > - Do you want MASK, OTP or Flash ? > - How brain-dead can it be ? > - In which country will the devices be sold ? > - If smallest and cheapest do not both occur together, > which is more important ? > - What part of the semi-business cycle is the supplier in ? > - Do EOL schedules matter to your product ? > > anything from sub 30c to ~99c could be considered correct answers... > > -jg >Thanks, sub 30 I wouldn't have thought so that's good news. It is a vague question to be sure with all other factors being median case. I'm trying to figure out where the top of the heap starts.
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DM McGowan II wrote:> > What is the smallest, cheapest microprocessor?Some to consider are the MSP430 family from TI and the PSOC from Cypress. Both can be had for under $1 in moderate volumes. -- Rick "rickman" Collins rick.collins@XYarius.com Ignore the reply address. To email me use the above address with the XY removed. Arius - A Signal Processing Solutions Company Specializing in DSP and FPGA design URL http://www.arius.com 4 King Ave 301-682-7772 Voice Frederick, MD 21701-3110 301-682-7666 FAX
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On Mon, 10 May 2004 20:23:05 -0700, "DM McGowan II" <nospam@nospam.net> wrote:>What is the smallest, cheapest microprocessor?How do you define the size of the microprocessor ? - by the package length ? - by package area ? - by package volume ? - by pin count ? - by gate or transistor count ? BTW, how do you define an 8 bit processor ? Paul
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On Tue, 11 May 2004 22:55:11 +0300, Paul Keinanen <keinanen@sci.fi> wrote:>On Mon, 10 May 2004 20:23:05 -0700, "DM McGowan II" ><nospam@nospam.net> wrote: > >>What is the smallest, cheapest microprocessor?<!-- what Google says for microcontralto:> Did you mean <italic>microcontroller</>>How do you define the size of the microprocessor ? > >- by the package length ? >- by package area ? >- by package volume ? >- by pin count ? >- by gate or transistor count ?How about number of registers? Amount of RAM or program space? I/O?>BTW, how do you define an 8 bit processor ?Just as a Supreme Court Justice does: I know it when I see it. :)>Paul----- http://mindspring.com/~benbradley
