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It's the same processor as used in the BeagleBone, circa 2011. Just shrunken down incredibly by Octavo. 6 years is a long time in processor years, though. Th

• hwillis 9y ago
  The core is 12 years old. The reason it has stuck around so long is that it's the only really single-core *TI processor left. That means it's dead cheap for the amount of performance you can pull out of it, not unlike 4-core computer processors. It is indeed on its way out but I'm going to miss it.
  • zokier 9y ago
    > it's the only really single-core processor left Huh? What about i.MX 8M Solo processor?
    • hwillis 9y ago
      Whoops, meant to specify TI.
• joezydeco 9y ago
  Embedded guy here. I love old cores. All the quirks are known, and the price continues to drop year-after-year which is great for my BOM and thus my margins. I'm still shipping HCS09 cores from 20-30 years ago. NXP will be making these until the Sun explodes. So what's your beef about a part being "old"?