# DevTalk with Rich and Vin: MCU Architecture Loyalty

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Podcast: [DevTalk with Rich and Vin](https://stenobird.com/podcast/devtalk-with-rich-and-vin-6365690)
Published: 2026-07-07T14:00:00+00:00
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MCU vendors always knew that, regardless of what they might say, it was relatively easy to retain existing customers and quite difficult to get engineers to switch from a competitive architecture. The biggest reason for that is the tons of software that the customer already has in its arsenal, and the difficulty of rewriting that code for a different architecture. However, and this is a biggie, AI potentially removes that hurdle and might allow for a complete code rewrite in a pre...

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