Re: F21 Market
- To: misc, "Don Golding" <angelus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: F21 Market
- From: "Graeme Dunbar" <G.R.A.Dunbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 10:40:24 +0000
- In-reply-to: <007d01bf9b12$a2f2c900$07fbc23f@pacbell.net>
- Organization: The Robert Gordon University, E&EE
- Priority: normal
This makes good sense Don. It is not quite the same thing, but I was
surprised to find that the ARM (Acorn RISC machine) is embedded in so
many custom chips. The Acorn Archimedes was never a great commercial
success - it was ahead of its time and suffered from being the product of a
small company with the usual British level of financial backing. It is good to
see the design get the (belated) recognition it deserves.
Perhaps lone chip designer could take a leaf out of the pop song writer's
handbook. Very few songs ever get to number 1 and make a lot of money,
but boy must the people who penned the memorable tunes used in TV ads
have healthy bank balances!
On 31 Mar 2000, at 13:10, Don Golding wrote:
> To Jeff and Chuck,
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> A piece of advice from someone who has been around this block before:
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> 1) Stop trying to go faster, make what you currently have reliable
> (lower the clock speed if you have too) so you can sell something.
> 2) Don't try to be all things to all people, you will never get a
> product to market that way.
> 3) Don't chase new good ideas, sell what you have first.
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> If you could supply a reliable Forth Processor for embedded systems with I/O
> and your ADC and DAC stuff, I think that would sell.
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> Don Golding
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Regards,
Graeme
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