Latest roundup of industry big hitters: Heard of ARM Flycatcher in early Feb 2012? Article on new Cortex-M0+ MCUs that are making the Intenret of Things and smarter systems possible. By Emma Woodford, published May 2012, Technology First Journal. Journal XVI - Evolution to Revolution.
Update: July 2012
Get started with the Freescale Freedom development platform
Freescale has launched the first of its ultra low power evaluation system for rapid prototyping and demonstrating the ARM Cortex-M0+ capability through the Freedom development platformFreedom development platform in July. It combines an industry standard form factor with a rich set of third party expansion board options. An integrated USB debug interface offers an easy-to-use mass storage device mode flash programmer, a virtual serial port and classic programming and run control applications. Developers can reserve a device exclusively available from element14 which will ship in September 2012. Extensive technical documentation and enablement on the element14 knode