Anonymous
10/28/2025, 9:52:47 PM
No.2953806
>>2953488
> 8 bit is here to stay
Sadly, DIP or PDIP is slowly leaving us.
This is because the materials of the packaging (shipping, epoxy, lead frame, bond wires) cost way more than the actual die. Neo-Nexperia is finding this out now. So we’ll see more bare-silicon/flip chips since factories are getting better at using raw dies. We’ve had the black epoxy blob for decades. Bad for the diy’er. Get good at making carrier boards.
8 bit may also leave us for various complicated reasons. We’ll probably be emulating 8051s and z80s with ARM in the near future.
Home devices that only need 4 or 8 bit cores (like breadmakers, toasters, juicero, etc.) will soon want to be wired to the internet for the “service model” idea which 8-bit cores can’t really do by themselves.
> 8 bit is here to stay
Sadly, DIP or PDIP is slowly leaving us.
This is because the materials of the packaging (shipping, epoxy, lead frame, bond wires) cost way more than the actual die. Neo-Nexperia is finding this out now. So we’ll see more bare-silicon/flip chips since factories are getting better at using raw dies. We’ve had the black epoxy blob for decades. Bad for the diy’er. Get good at making carrier boards.
8 bit may also leave us for various complicated reasons. We’ll probably be emulating 8051s and z80s with ARM in the near future.
Home devices that only need 4 or 8 bit cores (like breadmakers, toasters, juicero, etc.) will soon want to be wired to the internet for the “service model” idea which 8-bit cores can’t really do by themselves.