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There is a "startup" XMos co-created by chief architect from Inmos (who introduced transputers). XMos microcontrollers share a lot with transputers design and are really fun to play with.

Cores are RISC, there is at least 8 of them, but you can link multiple uC into a single system. Their variation on C, xC, is using channels and guards as in occam transputer language.

You can get easily a cheap dev-kit [1] and play with the tech.

[1]: https://www.xmos.com/support/boards?product=17441



I couldn't find anything on how much RAM it has.


It's based on the XS1. For the follow-on, the xCORE-200, the flyer mentions twice the memory. Since the smallest xCORE-200 has 256 KiB, I'm guessing the XS1 might have 128 KiB.

There's a dev kit based on the xCORE-200, for 10 X the price ($150), but it includes a 1 GbE interface which makes it a lot more interesting IMO.

Interesting architecture. Makes a ton of sense for embedded apps (which obviously was the point).




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