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OT: Microchip aquires Atmel

Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2016 5:39 pm
by 8BIT
I just read this in the May Atmel newsletter. I wonder what their future products will look like?

http://now.eloqua.com/es.asp?s=17339308 ... cd5cb43596

Daryl

Re: OT: Microchip aquires Atmel

Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2016 4:07 am
by BigDumbDinosaur
8BIT wrote:
I just read this in the May Atmel newsletter. I wonder what their future products will look like?

http://now.eloqua.com/es.asp?s=17339308 ... cd5cb43596

Daryl
I wonder what that will do to/for Armel's PLD line. Maybe they'll finally get WinCUPL up tp date.

Re: OT: Microchip aquires Atmel

Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2016 8:35 pm
by cbmeeks
I thought Intel bought Atmel a while back? I must have my wires crossed or something.

Re: OT: Microchip aquires Atmel

Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2016 11:22 pm
by ChuckT
8BIT wrote:
I just read this in the May Atmel newsletter. I wonder what their future products will look like?
They look like this:

http://www.microchip.com/mplab/mplab-xpress

It resembles Arduino with the shield concept.
Quote:
MPLAB® Xpress is cloud based and provides:
•Simplified IDE to get started
•No software installation required
•Simulate now – no board necessary
•Use your existing myMicrochip Login credentials to save your work in the cloud
•Begin from library of existing projects
•Evaluation of the most recent Compilers, and PRO optimizations
Throw away your Arduino? Hello Microchip? Works like a thumb drive. I heard no one is going to get upset because ARM Mbed had this for years.

Quickstart guide:

http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/D ... 02462A.pdf

Self paced guide is here:

http://microchip.wikidot.com/xpress:start#toc0

So basically some of their products will be more "Arduino" like.

Re: OT: Microchip aquires Atmel

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2016 8:17 am
by Tor
cbmeeks wrote:
I thought Intel bought Atmel a while back? I must have my wires crossed or something.
Intel bought Altera, maybe that's what you're remembering.

Re: OT: Microchip aquires Atmel

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2016 8:57 pm
by cbmeeks
Tor wrote:
cbmeeks wrote:
I thought Intel bought Atmel a while back? I must have my wires crossed or something.
Intel bought Altera, maybe that's what you're remembering.

Dur...yeah, that's right. Thanks.