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TI gets its paws on Cortex M3 processors
US CHIPMAKER Texas Instruments (TI) has bought Luminary Micro, the market-leading supplier of ARM Cortex-M3-based 32-bit Multipoint Control Units (MCUs).
The acquisition will give TI Luminary Micro's Stellaris family of Cortex-M3 processors, which will boost the outfit's microcontroller catalogue.
TI said in a statement that it bought Luminary because it wanted more punch in the 32-bit MCU market and Luminary's ARM Cortex-M3 core presented it with a way to get there.
The Stellaris family also has 10/100 Ethernet MAC+PHY, CAN, USB On-The-Go, USB Host/Device, SSI/SPI, UARTs, I2S, and I2C capabilities.
Brian Crutcher, vice president of TI's Advanced Embedded Control (AEC) business said that combining Luminary Micro's design experience in Cortex-M3 processors with TI's low power MSP430 MCUs and C2000 real-time controllers now gives TI customers one MCU source for almost any software stack.
Texas Instruments didn't say how much it paid for the smaller company. µ
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Really, is it a joke -- using the "MCU" as the abbreviation for Multipoint Control Unit in this particular context?
TI's press release clearly says:
"DALLAS (May 14, 2009) - Texas Instruments (TI) Incorporated (NYSE: TXN) announced today that it will expand its MICROCONTROLLER (MCU) portfolio with the acquisition of Luminary Micro..."
What happened to Micro Controller Unit?