Re: F21 Market

["Graeme Dunbar" <G.R.A.Dunbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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,
> 
> A piece of advice from someone who has been around this block before:
> 
>     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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> Don Golding
> 
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> 
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> >
> 



        Regards,
            Graeme

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