[Efi332] alternate processors

[Steve Ravet]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: efi332-bounces at diy-efi.org 
> [mailto:efi332-bounces at diy-efi.org] On Behalf Of Andrei Chichak
> Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 3:47 PM
> To: efi332 at diy-efi.org
> Subject: Re: [Efi332] alternate processors
> 
> At 10:19 AM 12/30/2006, you wrote:
> >I came across some mention of the "bigstuff3" controller and 
> saw that 
> >he is using an Infineon TriCore processor.  Is there anyone on this 
> >list who has worked with these? Or for that matter anything 
> >non-Freescale? Just curious to hear feedback relative to 
> Freescale offerings.

I work with ARM processors all the time.  Much higher clock speeds than
CPU32 cores, and some include caches and MMUs.  32 bit address space,
and from 32 to 128 bit internal datapaths.  Also a 16 bit instruction
set that provides reduced access to the normal internal datapath.
They're available in highly integrated versions from many different
manufacturers.

> and the 68332. We went for the
> '332 because the TPU gave us a huge amount of flexability, 
> which is a huge advantage when management keeps changing the 
> specs. We were also looking for a well established processor 
> from a well established company.

Unfortunately ARM doesn't have a TPU and I don't know if any ARM
partners have one.  But ARM qualifies on the other 2 counts!

--steve