Hi All
I have just been reading an article where the CEO of ARM, Warren East, admitted that the progress with the Cortex M3 core has been slow. In terms of unit shippments it stood at just over 100'000 around the beginning of 2008 (I wonder how many of these are chalked down to Luminary??).
However he said that momentum is picking up. Obviously, as well as STMicroelectronics, other larger microcontroller suppliers - NXP and Toshiba - are now also licensees for the M3.
A rather strange statement is then quoted from the general manager of the microcontroller product line at NXP, Geoff Lees, who says that their ARM7 family has been a runaways success and there is a huge demand for ARM cores.
But then... "I don't see than much difference between the specific cores, just a general demand for ARM"
Hmmm.... Is that a typical manager type statement or does he know something we don't??
Regards
Mark