Intel is making their Nth attempt at the embedded market. They are
> famous for discontinuing embedded processors just when companies are
> about to start shipping product that use them.
At least looks like the PXA CPUs are still available from Marvell:
Any other embedded processors which were discontinued by Intel?
Google "intel embedded discontinued"
Moto manufactured the 6800 for over 20 years. The 68332 is still in production after about 20 years.
John
Moto was a dedicated embedded maker too. They didn't have "PC innovation needs" at their heels.
They had mil folks, etc. at their heels, and they wanted hardware to operate, not a PC.
Moto clearly had more expertise at it.
Now about the other stuff that Motorola has been discontinueing. I always avoided Motorola parts.
They also heavily promoted a Mobile Pentium chip for embedded apps, and then cancelled it just before production.
John
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