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PART 1: WHATýS IT ALL ABOUT?
by George Martin

Start ý Narrowing Specs ý Selecting the CPU ý Packaging ý The Software ý Memory ý Your Job ý Sources and PDF

YOUR JOB

OK, your assignment. Write up your system requirements. Keep it simple. You could do something like this:

• CPU speed
• Bus width
• DRAM size
• Flash memory size
• EPROM size
• SRAM size
• Power-supply input
• Package size

Search the literature for a CPU and DRAM. Then, next month, Iýll talk about EPROM and emulator selection, as well as starting to look at software development tools.

Remember indecision is the key to flexibility.

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