Those French---Behind the Power Curve Again

I received the following note in an email newsletter:

"synchronous design startup readies ultra-low power 16-bit MCU On the eve of the IP'2008 conference this week in Grenoble, Tiempo AS, French startup specializing in the design of asynchronous ICs, has unveiled a 16-bit microcontroller core that is claimed to consume less than 40 A per MIPS."

I wonder if this core is from one of those companies that also make refrigerators and air conditioning units? ;-)

On a less humorous note, I assume that a 'micro' symbol is missing in the last sentence. The newsletter was HTML formatted, but there was only a space between '40' and 'A'. What should be used to denote microAmps? I would have used "40uA".

Mark Borgerson

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Well if it's HTML what's wrong with a real mu? To be strictly correct use a non-breaking space as well.

... 40 μA per MIPS.

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Well, I would have used text, and "40 uA". Hard to misread.

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