( ESNUG 262 Item 8 ) -------------------------------------------- [5/29/97]
Subject: "I Hate, Loathe, Despise, and Dislike the 8051 !!!"
> AART'S TECHNOLOGY LEAK #2: In his speech, Aart displayed slides with an
> 8051 DesignWare part on them. Later at the Vendor Fair, I got a copy of
> the 8051 MacroCell Databook. This is an unannouced Synopsys product.
> In related news, it appears that the Synopsys offerings of DesignWare
> parts has grown significantly within the past year.
From: dchapman@goldmountain.com (Dave Chapman)
John,
I hate, loathe, despise, and dislike the 8051. I am currently at ANOTHER
company which designed the horrid piece of shit into a major, successful
product, only to discover that the 64k memory limitation is going to
require the complete redesign of their stuff.
It is 1997 (last time I looked). Anybody who is still using a second-rate
1970's microprocessor in new designs needs to find another career. I
understand that there is something called "Marketing", for people
who couldn't make it in Engineering . . .
- Dave Chapman
Goldmountain
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