Lift off for 32bit [Flexis microcontrollers]
Chris B. Edwards, B. Baylac · Engineering & Technology · 2008
Freescale Semiconductor decided to make it easier to move between its 8 bit and 32 bit lines with the introduction of the Flexis microcontrollers. These are parts that have identical pinouts and on-chip peripherals but different processors cores: some have the 8 bit S08 core, derived from the 6805 architecture, and the 32 bit products are based around the ColdFire version 1 - the first follow-on to the company's 68000 architecture.Thanks to the use of more aggressive process technologies, large-memory 32 bit microcontrollers are making inroads in embedded systems.