Re: Atmel releasing FLASH AVR32 ?

"tesla" <yusufilker@xxxxxxxxx> skrev i meddelandet
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Top MHz still seems to be Flash constrained - we've been stuck in the
50-100MHz zone
for what seems like years....

I am having difficulty to understand why they cannot read 10
instructions at 50 Mhz from flash in parallel and run processor at 500
Mhz.
Branch operatons (unpredictable PC changes depending on user input
etc) will still run at 50 mhz but it is still a good gain..



Maybe the sense amplifiers for the flash are large, or draw a lot of
current.
I still remember page mode DRAM memories with 4096 bits per page,
and noone has been able to tell me why this is not possible with flash.

After talking to multiple memory companies about this, my
conclusion is that memory people do not understand microprocessors
and their needs.


--
Best Regards,
Ulf Samuelsson
This is intended to be my personal opinion which may,
or may not be shared by my employer Atmel Nordic AB



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