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Had the pleasure to announce the SH architecture and the SH-1 at the Microprocessor Forum in 1993. Maybe the first high performance embedded RISC device. Sega w
by paul_f 5y ago
Had the pleasure to announce the SH architecture and the SH-1 at the Microprocessor Forum in 1993. Maybe the first high performance embedded RISC device. Sega was the launch customer, but what we really wanted at he time was the hard disk market. Simple pitch: 10MIPS, 10M devices, $10 http://www.verycomputer.com/31_7a04bb69b4bdf1ee_1.htm http://www.verycomputer.com/31_7a04bb69b4bdf1ee_1.htm
Was not a fan of the name SH, thought it was boring. Tried to get Hitachi to call it "Sonic" instead. As in (S)onic the (H)edgehog
- wyldfire 5y agoThat'd have been a neat co-branding opportunity! SuperH competed with 68k and mips, perhaps? What do you think made the others more successful than SuperH? I suppose I dont know for sure that they were but I'll guess at least 68k lasted longer.
- danachow 5y agoIt didn’t compete with 68k which is much older traditional CISC processor which was never scaled up. The 68k died out with Apple switching to PPC except for embedded use where it lived on primarily with the Motorola Dragonball line. Freescale then licensed ARM cores for use in the MX series of MCUs that were briefly branded Dragonball as well. Competitors were PowerPC, MIPS and ARM and even x86 which was always a bit player even in embedded (and consoles sort of with the Xbox)
- eska 5y agoI hope this will make your day better then: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_hedgehog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_hedgehog