Sanyo Electric Co’s interest in the Acorn RISC Machine microprocessor, on which it has signed a second source and design agreement with primary supplier VLSI Technology Inc, San Jose, is very specifically for the 32-bit microcontroller market: it sees the low-cost ARM as an ideal embedded processor for use in the automotive industry, for which Sanyo can now offer only 4- and 8 bit microcontrollers.
SANYO ELECTRIC AIMS AT THE ACORN RISC MACHINE MICROPROCESSOR
