On 22 Jan 2021 06:51:03 GMT
A. Dumas  wrote:

> gareth evans  wrote:
> > On 21/01/2021 21:51, A. Dumas wrote:
> >> gareth evans  wrote:
> >>> ... and it's a great disappointment to me that it's not a 64-bit
> >>> processor
> >>
> >> Name one.
> >
> > As the Pi4 is a 64 bit processor, one assumed that all future
> > developments by that company would be 64 bit.
>
> That's a general purpose CPU for use in general purpose computers
> (like the Pi 4). This new thing is a microcontroller chip for use in
> microcontrollers. There are currently no 64-bit microcontrollers on
> the market. I can imagine it one day moving that way, maybe for
> portable image recognition stuff? For now, it would be a very, very
> specialised niche and that's not Raspberry Pi's aim.

Indeed. I've yet to find a need for more than eight bits in a
microcontroller, along with a maximum of 2KB of RAM. If I need more
power, it's a RPi.

--
Joe

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