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> ST is quite probably the market leader for embedded micros (though NXP may be getting there). This report from 2016 puts NXP at twice the marketshare over ST
by zokier 8y ago
> ST is quite probably the market leader for embedded micros (though NXP may be getting there).
This report from 2016 puts NXP at twice the marketshare over STmicro who are sitting steadily in the fifth place:
https://epsnews.com/2017/05/01/nxp-tops-microcontroller-supplier-ranking/ https://epsnews.com/2017/05/01/nxp-tops-microcontroller-supp...
Although at least part of the sales volume difference can be explained by NXP having had more expensive i.MX range available (and others), so in terms of chips sold they might be closer to each other.
> This combined A7+M4 device is unusual
I'm not sure if I'd say that, previously NXP did the exact same thing with i.MX7, and TI with their AM5x. And of course don't forget the classic AM3x which had PRUs filling part of the same role.
- solarkraft 8y agoI can anecdotally say that I'm hearing a lot more about STMs than about NXP microcontrollers.
- stefan_ 8y agoBecause you're in the wrong industry. Very big in automotive.
- Matthias247 8y agoLikely true. In Automotive and likely also some other industries also Renesas is huge. However in hobby circles one never hears about them.
- rvense 8y agoI take apart prosumer audio/music gear quite often, and STM32s seem quite popular there. Not sure where that is in volume, though.
- ballooney 8y agoHobbyists and tinkerers like us are somewhere between completely irrevelevent and mostly irrevelent when it comes to market share.
- monocasa 8y ago> I'm not sure if I'd say that, previously NXP did the exact same thing with i.MX7 And before that, they had their Vybrid line that's a A5 paired with an M4.
- rnestler 8y ago> This report from 2016 puts NXP at twice the marketshare over STmicro who are sitting steadily in the fifth place: To be fair that is largely because they aqquired Freescale, the year before they had almost the same market share.