Yeah, there’s entire MPU platforms that are cheaper than the iMX RT500.
And the 0.40mm and/or 0.35mm pitch BGAs just confuse me even further. (Seriously, who is getting like 2.5mil trace/space and like 6 layers PCB for a microcontroller? But cannot afford the MPUs?)
I’m guessing iMX RT500 has some power-benefits. But… it just seems absurd all together to me. But good luck on NXP on finding customers for that thing.
I think its sole use case would be for that very, very, very narrow point of intersection between “extreme power management needs” and “extreme processing requirements”.
And it seems a bit quirky to make … that … chip for it.
Yeah, there’s entire MPU platforms that are cheaper than the iMX RT500.
And the 0.40mm and/or 0.35mm pitch BGAs just confuse me even further. (Seriously, who is getting like 2.5mil trace/space and like 6 layers PCB for a microcontroller? But cannot afford the MPUs?)
I’m guessing iMX RT500 has some power-benefits. But… it just seems absurd all together to me. But good luck on NXP on finding customers for that thing.
I think its sole use case would be for that very, very, very narrow point of intersection between “extreme power management needs” and “extreme processing requirements”.
And it seems a bit quirky to make … that … chip for it.
But hey! At least it isn’t the STM32MP1! 🤣