Sure, but when the Motorola engineers left to built the 6502 there was no Personal Computer market. The 6502 (its low price) created it. At 25$ it was a bargain

Sure, but when the Motorola engineers left to built the 6502 there was no Personal Computer market. The 6502 (its low price) created it. At 25$ it was a bargain against the the Intel 8080 which costs about US$150: http://www.commodore.ca/history/company/mos/mos_technology.htm http://www.commodore.ca/history/company/mos/mos_technology.h...). What about smartphones? they're already here and they're evolving. Is this new chip something new and revolutionary? NO Is it an innovation? YES "In a decade, low-end smartphones will have this kind of capability. Not because they need it, but because nobody makes a simpler part anymore." I'll not put my money on this. In electronics price is king, and for large volumes every dime is important. For example I'll not be surprised to find in my kid's toys some sort of 6502. Phones are now an ARM territory, and the low cost ones will probably stay on ARM7TDMI for a long long time (may be in some speedy versions, around 300-500MHz). BTW thanks for the nice "saturday" conversation. I love HN