msp430 lineage

[marlfox0415]

Hi all,

I've been conducting some research involving the msp430 and the
question has recently come up about how it compares to its ancestors.
I've been looking around for some sort of timeline of the evolution of
microprocessors in terms of power consumption, processing speed, etc.
No luck so far.

I was wondering if anyone knows of such a resource, or even if anyone
has been working with microprocessors long enough to know a little
about the ancestry of the msp430.

Thank you!

-John