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fabien.chouteau@gmail.com writes:
> STMicro is pushing a lot in the direction of "smartphone like user
> interfaces" for their micro-controller. I think the M7 is part of that
> strategy.

But why not use a smartphone chip if you want a smartphone UI?  You can
get a complete Raspberry Pi Zero for less than the cost of an M7 CPU all
by itself.