Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] TI vs Freescale DSP for open-source development

[Don Latham]

Hi Jeff: interesting reply. I remember when TI and MOT did exactly the
opposite. TI had the 9900 processor series that was much better than
anything on the market, and essentially blew it off. MOT had the
6800/68000 series, that became moderately successful. The most crippled
processor of the time, the Intel, won the day. Now the TI processors
thrive, MOT is in the dumper, and Intel is king of the heap. A real riot
to watch history as it happens, huh? Think also of the lovely alpha chip,
and the downfall of mighty DEC. sigh.
Don


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