jmg: These are single core processors, not 8 cores. They are also designed for different purposes. The Prop II is not a be-all end-all device, and IMHO will never compete in the Android type (phone & tablet) markets with the big boys. It does not have to compete with everything on the market. Prop II will carve out its own niche quite happily and hopefully reward Parallax sufficiently to fund continuing advances into the Prop III.
IMHO, the Prop 1 does not compete on price in any single market. Its niche is in simplicity and the fact that the one and only current family of the Prop 1 serves a whole range of markets, particularly where price is not the prime consideration. The only real additional variant to this family that most of us would have liked (in retrospect) is the Prop 1B which was to have 64 I/O pins. Unfortunately it appears this will never happen.
jmg: These are single core processors, not 8 cores. They are also designed for different purposes. The Prop II is not a be-all end-all device, and IMHO will never compete in the Android type (phone & tablet) markets with the big boys.
Correct, but this thread is about which MHz speeds to target, which is why my focus was on the MHz of the new devices.
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IMHO, the Prop 1 does not compete on price in any single market. Its niche is in simplicity and the fact that the one and only current family of the Prop 1 serves a whole range of markets, particularly where price is not the prime consideration. The only real additional variant to this family that most of us would have liked (in retrospect) is the Prop 1B which was to have 64 I/O pins. Unfortunately it appears this will never happen.
Correct, but this thread is about which MHz speeds to target, which is why my focus was on the MHz of the new devices.