- Tue Aug 04, 2009 8:11 pm
#78280
millwood wrote:Because I've used, for years, PIC, AVR, 8051, 68000, x86 and know their strengths and weaknesses, and market position.stevech wrote:this thread was on the merits of ARMs.how do you evaluate the "merits" of A without considering the "merits" of its alternatives?
ARM is licensed to perhaps a dozen companies.I am sure that's relevant to the discussion of ARM vs. non-ARM.
I think the 8051 is the only 8 bitter that is cross-licensed and second-sourced, germane as we watched Microchip's attack on the solvency of Atmel via a board-room hostile take-over attempt.