供應(yīng)商如何幫助設(shè)計人員實現(xiàn)嵌入式應(yīng)用的完整解決方案

　　年前，大多數(shù)芯片制造商設(shè)計的產(chǎn)品，可以被描述為單功能設(shè)備。在嵌入式世界中，MCU是設(shè)計空間的中心，但大量的其他設(shè)備需要創(chuàng)建一個系統(tǒng)。設(shè)計師集成在PC板在今天將被認為是一個漫長的設(shè)計周期。

　　硅供應(yīng)商很快認識到獲取系統(tǒng)的專業(yè)知識，以增加他們的產(chǎn)品價值的價值。一些已經(jīng)擁有核心能力的模擬和射頻，他們可以帶來的表。結(jié)果：系統(tǒng)級芯片（SoC）的概念–變化顯著，系統(tǒng)設(shè)計師的關(guān)系，他現(xiàn)在有更多的功能和性能在他們的指尖。

　　的能力，利用系統(tǒng)級的專業(yè)知識，以及具有模擬和RF產(chǎn)品知識，提供了明顯的優(yōu)勢時，集成外圍設(shè)備的MCU芯片。然而，芯片制造商，另一面，是創(chuàng)造一個發(fā)展的生態(tài)系統(tǒng)來支持這些復雜的MCU的挑戰(zhàn)。

　　For MCU vendor selection， three top-level considerations for choosing an MCU supplier are：

　　The performance and level of integration on the MCU itself

　　The quality of development software

　　The extent to which the vendor is committed to extending its technologies to support system-level innovation. In other words， whether the vendor is exploring the “frontiers of embedded.”

　　Thanks in part to the breadth of its broad product portfolio， Texas Instruments offers industrial-system designers a family of highly sophisticated MCU-based motor-control solutions. STMicroelectronics has developed leading-edge product offerings for consumer electronics; and Microchip has invested heavily in a unified development environment that it considers unique.

　　Products from these three companies provide good examples of how some companies have positioned themselves to provide complete solutions on the frontiers of embedded processing.