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To: pat mudge who wrote (3955)	7/27/1998 9:34:00 AM
From: Time Traveler	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6180

>>"When chip changes are done in software, there's a huge incentive to go to the guy who supplied the hardware."<< However, this embedded software (firmware) does not have to be upwards or downwards compatible to the next or the last generation. Cost and performance still has a much greater incentive to decide on the next generation hardware. You want a DSP just powerful enough to do the work. There is no need to pay more for a very powerful DSP. Embedded control system is very different from the x86 world. Time Traveler