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Electronic Design Online article #12235 about the Propeller

Stan671Stan671 Posts: 103
edited 2006-06-15 06:15 in Propeller 1
Electronic Design, "The Authority on Emerging Technologies for Design Solutions", has a·nice little article about the Propeller that includes a great block diagram of the chip:

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For the full article, click here:
http://www.elecdesign.com/Articles/Index.cfm?AD=1&ArticleID=12235


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Comments

  • SterlingSterling Posts: 51
    edited 2006-04-29 07:44
    How come the article's table says "Starting at $11.25"?
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2006-04-29 08:19
    Because that's the 10,000+ unit price: www.parallax.com/detail.asp?product_id=p8x32a-d40
  • GadgetmanGadgetman Posts: 2,436
    edited 2006-04-29 08:19
    That's the price if you buy them by the cartload, so that IS the lowest price. No need to mention that the price for just one is $25, is there?

    And as the site seems to cater to professionals, the price for one chip really isn't what they care about.

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  • Tracy AllenTracy Allen Posts: 6,664
    edited 2006-06-14 17:42
    Electronic design has an article this month by Embedded Systems editor William Wong, starting off with a reference to Propeller.

    www.elecdesign.com/Articles/Index.cfm?AD=1&ArticleID=12692

    This time the subject is a 24 core multiprocessor from a company www.intellasys.net/ whose technology guru is Chuck Moore, the originator of the Forth language (a very clever guy). It is interesting to compare and contrast. This is an array of 24 core processors, with no central memory, but with communication beteen nearest neighbor cores through mutual buffer locations. It is of course programmed in Forth, highly stack oriented, and each core contains 512 words (18 bit) of RAM, 512 words of ROM with useful routines, and lots of interface (144 ball BGA).

    I'm not suggesting that anyone switch from Propeller! Far from it. It is just good that the rationale for this class of multi-processing is generally appreciated. Here is the original Propeller article:
    www.elecdesign.com/Articles/Index.cfm?AD=1&ArticleID=12235

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    Tracy Allen
    www.emesystems.com
  • Phillip Y.Phillip Y. Posts: 62
    edited 2006-06-15 06:15
    www.intellasys.net is part of the TPL group.
    They look like serious patent miners "·Ideas made profitable" .
    "Virtually every product manufactured today utilizing microprocessors or embedded processors will require an MMP Portfolio license.
    The Portfolio covers microprocessors and the Systems containing microprocessors."
    For details see'
    http://www.tplgroup.net/patents/index.php

    Yuk.

    Phillip Y.
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