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

On 13 Oct, 11:14, Bob <b...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 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]
>
> I 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

They are supplying free libraries for all the usual peripheral
functions. Doing stuff like that in software is much cheaper than
using hardware, and easier in many ways.

Leon