The latest Q5 interview is now online, with the chief marketing officer at Luminary Micro, the supplier of 32-bit microcontrollers based on the ARM Cortex-M3 processor core.Jean Anne Booth talks about the 32-bit MCU market, the impact of open source and the beauty of the ARM Cortex-M3 processor...
The five questions this week are:
1. What do you see as the main factors behind the growing trend for 32-bit MCU designs in markets once dominated by 16- and even 8-bit chips?
2. Your MCU's are based on the ARM Cortex-M3 processor core, how do you see this core evolving and are there any changes you would like to see implemented?
3. Express Logic's royalty-free RTOS has been ported to Stellaris, so do you see the move to open-source and even Linux platforms having an impact on your markets?
4. Do multi-core processor architectures have any relevance the microcontroller market?
5. What are the challenges and benefits of building a company on a single processor architecture?
Read her answers in the full interview: Q5 interview - Jean Anne Booth, Luminary Micro
Remember, you can read all the Electronics Weekly Q5 interviews. From ARM's chairman, Sir Robin Saxby, to touchscreen technology firm Zytronic's MD, Mark Cambridge, the business leaders share their particular insights on the UK electronics industry.
4. Do multi-core processor architectures have any relevance the microcontroller market?
5. What are the challenges and benefits of building a company on a single processor architecture?
Read her answers in the full interview: Q5 interview - Jean Anne Booth, Luminary Micro
Remember, you can read all the Electronics Weekly Q5 interviews. From ARM's chairman, Sir Robin Saxby, to touchscreen technology firm Zytronic's MD, Mark Cambridge, the business leaders share their particular insights on the UK electronics industry.
