My 2 pence...
>> In addition to the recent "CPU discussion", I want to point at the
>AB180-20
>> microprocessor made by AB-Semicon.
(...)
>> * 20MHz, 20 MIPS
>
>Z180: 33MHz, don't know about MIPS.
Well, everybody knows that more Megahertz doesn�t mean to be faster. But
20 MIPS... It�s very nice, 20 million instructions per second... =)
>> * two 16-bit timers
>
>Z180 has even got an entire RS232 interface built into it!!!
Hmmm, don�t know if it�s better or not...
>> * MMU
>
>Don't know about that...
Memory Management Unit. Very useful.
>> The AB181E-20 microprocessor has an additional fixed math accelerator.
>> Anyone familiar with this CPU? Could this be a third alternative?
>
>No. Then you could as well use the Z180, which is almost the same, and runs
>at a higher (clock) speed.
>
>It was a nice suggestion though.
Don�t think so. Should be investigated further, IMHO.
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