Re: XMOS XC-1 kits are ****pping

On Oct 10, 2:01 pm, Leon <leon...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I've just ordered my 1600 MIPS XMOS XC-1 design kit.
>
> The XMOS chips will replace DSPs and FPGAs in a lot of applications.
>
> I haven't been so excited about a new chip since the transputer came
> out. David May designed them both, of course.
>
> Leon
> leon...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 briefly saw XMOS at a trade show in London.
They seem far too fixated on doing everything in software, things like
ethernet where there is no point shoveling bytes in software if
hardware can take care of it.

The quarter VGA touchscreen on the dev kit has novelty value.

I'm not sure the performance justifies the effort of using somthing
so unusual in most cases.

I'd want to make a single lifetime buy of processors if I used
these in a product. Far too likely to dissapear without trace.

Bob