No way back for the 'smart' microcontroller, says Microchip

Microcontrollers are becoming system-on-chip (SoC) devices and there is no way back for the ubiquitous controller device, says supplier Microchip.

By Richard Wilson - Electronics Weekly, Oct. 14, 2015 – 

Even low cost 8-bit microcontrollers now integrate a large number of peripheral circuits ranging from timers to encryption circuits, which operate independently of the processor core. This not only increases the performance of the device, it also extends its capabilities and application areas.

"There is no such thing as a traditional microcontroller anymore," Lucio Di Jasio business development manager Europe at Microchip told Electronics Weekly.

"The microcontroller of 10 years ago had none of the features the designer expects today. There is no way back from this point," said Di Jasio.

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