$27 buys a 16-MHz embedded SPARClite microprocessor. (Fujitsu Ltd.'s SPARClite MB6933) (Product Announcement)

EDN, August, 1992 by Weiss, Ray

SPARC RISC has made the grade for embedded systems. Engineers can now easily design in embedded versions of the desktop standard. These variants include stripped-down versions with specialized interfaces that minimize expensive glue logic. The MB86933, Fujitsu's low-end, 32-bit SPARClite, delivers SPARC performance at embedded-system prices. A 16-MHz version costs $27.

The original SPARC RISC (reduced-instruction-set-computer) microprocessor [unkeyable]P) was not easy to design in; it required special, fairly tricky glue logic and lacked on-chip caches. In contrast, SPARClite carries a complement of special controllers to minimize design costs. The chip integrates a dynamic-RAM (DRAM) controller (with page-mode support), a 16-bit timer, and two DMA...

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