topic Re: Roadmap/Plan for future Cortex Mx parts? in LPCXpresso IDE

Roadmap/Plan for future Cortex Mx parts?

lpcware — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 02:20:03 GMT

Content originally posted in LPCWare by LarryP on Fri Apr 09 10:14:40 MST 2010
Greetings all,

This may not be the absolute best place, but it's at least hosted by NXP, so I hope somebody who works for them will read and respond.

One thing that (I think) would *significantly* help adoption of the LPC1xxx products would be publishing and *publicizing* info on what NXP is planning to do in the future for the LPC1xxx family, AKA a roadmap.
This is often done to let designers know what to expect (and that the company is still supporting new products in the family.)

However, for the LPC1xxx, there is a curious lack of such info, at least that I've been able to find. I've done a number of searches, and I have found virtually no info on future plans re new products for the LPC1xxx family.
So, it's not clear whether/when NXP will bring out new models (e.g. with nore memory) or when. Lack of such info tends to make some designers (myself among them) a tad nervous. Is NXP's current development effort now focused on the Cortex M4?

FWIW, I would particularly welcome USB-capable additions to the LPC11xx line and/or new products in the LCP13xx/LPC17xx lines that include the in-ROM USB support now present in the LPC1343.

By the way, I urge NXP and ARM not do call any successor to that arch, the Cortex M5. Any Star Trek fan knows that naming a computer M5 can only lead to big problems. (For you non-Trek-fans, see the episode titled, "The Ultimate Computer.")

-- Larry

Re: Roadmap/Plan for future Cortex Mx parts?

lpcware — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 02:20:04 GMT

Content originally posted in LPCWare by brucesegal on Fri Apr 09 10:47:28 MST 2010
Larry,

Thanks for the memories. Perhaps you should contact ARM and make sure that the skip the M5 and proceed directly to the M6.

No self-aware computers for us!

Re: Roadmap/Plan for future Cortex Mx parts?

lpcware — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 02:20:04 GMT

Content originally posted in LPCWare by igorsk on Fri Apr 09 15:32:03 MST 2010
Number 5 is already taken by Cortex-A5, so I think you can sleep peacefully.

Re: Roadmap/Plan for future Cortex Mx parts?

lpcware — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 02:20:05 GMT

Content originally posted in LPCWare by leon_heller on Sat Apr 10 06:25:47 MST 2010
Four is an inauspicious number in the Far East. Perhaps ARM should have skipped it for the Cortex-M4. One semiconductor manufacturer I know went straight from XC-3 to XC-5 for their development boards, in case it affected sales.

Re: Roadmap/Plan for future Cortex Mx parts?

lpcware — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 02:20:06 GMT

Content originally posted in LPCWare by bytethedust on Sun Apr 11 02:30:13 MST 2010
I would find it very surprising if NXP were not putting a lot of effort into the roadmap for all of their Cortex-M parts. They are all relatively new (even the Cortex-M3 parts have been shipping for less than 18 months), so it is not surprising they haven't announced much in the way of roadmaps. The Cortex-M0 has been shipping for less than 6 months, so I guess they are still focused on getting those parts into the market and finding what customers are really going to use them for.

I see that the M0, M3 and M4 parts are going to be aimed at different market segments (the cores have different capabilities, memory, and power requirements, so I doubt they would be favoring one family over another.

Just my 2c.

Re: Roadmap/Plan for future Cortex Mx parts?

lpcware — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 02:20:06 GMT

Content originally posted in LPCWare by LarryP on Mon Apr 12 04:59:08 MST 2010
@bytethedust:

I agree that NXP *should* be putting effort into the LPC1xxx roadmap. What I find most puzzling is that such information is not more *publicized* -- and thus :confused:more easily found.

In my case, this is not mere curiosity; I've been told by my management that they don't want to commit to yet another processor family (however nice the features are), without seeing a clear roadmap of future products and timeline (or, at least, a sequence.)

I think this is a good family, otherwise I wouldn't spend my time on it, but the lack of publicized info on future products/support is IMHO, limiting its adoption. Why NXP hasn't done this, nor responded in their own forum remains a mystery to me. I've also sent the same query to NXP tech support.

If anybody reading this has seen such info, please post a link.

Thanks,

Larry

Quote: bytethedust
I would find it very surprising if NXP were not putting a lot of effort into the roadmap for all of their Cortex-M parts. They are all relatively new (even the Cortex-M3 parts have been shipping for less than 18 months), so it is not surprising they haven't announced much in the way of roadmaps. The Cortex-M0 has been shipping for less than 6 months, so I guess they are still focused on getting those parts into the market and finding what customers are really going to use them for.

I see that the M0, M3 and M4 parts are going to be aimed at different market segments (the cores have different capabilities, memory, and power requirements, so I doubt they would be favoring one family over another.

Just my 2c.

Re: Roadmap/Plan for future Cortex Mx parts?

lpcware — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 02:20:07 GMT

Content originally posted in LPCWare by NXP_Europe on Tue Apr 13 01:28:47 MST 2010
People,
We'd like to propose to continue the discussion on out roadmap under this thread:
http://knowledgebase.nxp.com/showthread.php?t=293
Thanks!