Well, in my periodic browsing of the Western Design Center's website. I 
decided to browse the URL:

http://westerndesigncenter.com/wdc/index.cfm

Certainly, if you are slow to the URL: Here is the content:

"The legendary 65xx brand microprocessors with both 8-bit and 8/16-bit ISA's 
keep cranking out the unit volumes in ASIC and standard microcontroller 
forms supplied by WDC and WDC's licensees. Annual volumes in the hundreds 
(100's) of millions of units keep adding in a significant way to the 
estimated shipped volumes of five (5) to ten (10) billion units. With 
200MHz+ 8-bit W65C02S and 100MHz+ 8/16-bit W65C816S processors coming on 
line in ASIC and FPGA forms, we see these annual volumes continuing for a 
long, long time.

The 65xx brand is probably the only processor family that has remained loyal 
to its ISA over the last 33 years. In addition it has served the widest 
spectrum of electronic markets through those years. For example, it has 
served and in some cases created markets for the PC, video game, toy, 
communication, industrial control, automotive, life support embedded in the 
human body medical devices, outside the body medical systems, engineering 
education systems, hobby systems, and you name it electronic market 
segments. I might add the 65xx has served in a highly reliable and 
successful way!

As added food for thought, the 65xx microprocessors protect millions of 
lives annually within embedded heart defibrillation and pacing systems. We 
are quite proud of what our customers and partners have created and continue 
to create with the 65xx brand for the benefit of mankind!"
-Bill Mensch

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If you read through the promotioning of the 65xx line, then you can find 
some interesting read about the 200 MHz+ W65c02s and 100 MHz+ 65c816 
processors coming online in ASIC and FPGA forms. Perhaps, after that - as 
packaged chips. I will say that with 100 or 200 MHz CPU in a SCPU-ish 
device, we just might find something interesting from it. New software 
capabilities. Enough said, just some ideas.

 

On Jun 16, 6:11 am, "Rick Balkins"
<nospam.rickbalk...@nospam.wavestarinteractive.com> wrote:
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>
> If you read through the promotioning of the 65xx line, then you can find
> some interesting read about the 200 MHz+ W65c02s and 100 MHz+ 65c816
> processors coming online in ASIC and FPGA forms. Perhaps, after that - as
> packaged chips. I will say that with 100 or 200 MHz CPU in a SCPU-ish
> device, we just might find something interesting from it. New software
> capabilities. Enough said, just some ideas.

Yah. That sounds pretty awesome.