> You miss the point, as well.  "BACK?" to 16-bit systems???  Both 16-bit AND
> 8-bit micros are alive and well in the embedded world.. surprise!  Just take
> a look at the very active development of new chips at Microchip
> (www.microchip.com) or Hitachi for current examples.  Perhaps the upcoming
> PIC 2000 contest co-sponsored by Circuit Cellar INK and Microchip
> (http://www.circuitcellar.com/pic2000/)  serves to illustrate just some of
> the _current_ interest in this area.

No offence meant... but somehow I think some Motorola or IBM PowerPC
processors are also working very well on embedded market. And older
PowerPC generations shouldn't be expensive anymore, but still full blown
32 bits.

Just my personal opinion. You may know better.

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