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[Patrick Oppenlander]

On 15/02/17 01:49, Segher Boessenkool wrote:

>> With the Qualcomm takeover of Freescale/NXP I guess the PowerPC has no
>> future in this area and they will move to ARM for the processor cores.
>
> That is my understanding as well, yes.

Our reps have suggested that the opposite may well be the case: It's 
Qualcomm buying into a large segment of the automotive MCU market.

I know of at least two issues they will face with an ARM takeover:
1. There's an enormous amount of legacy PowerPC code out there.
2. Currently only small (Cortex-M0/M3) cores are available in the 150C+ 
operating temperature ratings required for some automotive (engine bay 
or on engine) installations.

Of course these things can be overcome, but it will take time and effort.

		Patrick