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Article #673Re: My hat is off to Microchip and their CEO!
From: TheM
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:01
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:01
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"Swanny" <swanny@nospam.org> wrote in message news:G1vGm.50913$ze1.9795@news-server.bigpond.net.au... > Nik Rim wrote: >> "Swanny" <swanny@nospam.org> wrote in message >> news:72uGm.50908$ze1.32966@news-server.bigpond.net.au... >>> a7yvm109gf5d1@netzero.com wrote: >>>> Refurbished LEDs? LOL! >>>> Microchip's always been a cool company, but a shite MCU architecture. >>>> Sorry, Microchip. I'll use your DACs though! >>> Maybe you don't understand the benfits of MH architecture. >> >> >> Tell me what they are. (Genuine question) >> thanks >> >> > > Briefly, the Modified-Harvard architecture used in the PIC devices > separates the program memory from the data memory, in other words > separates the ROM/FLASH program memory from the RAM. In the case of the > PIC, the program memory bus width is larger than the data memory bus > width, allowing transfer of the complete instruction op code in fewer > cycles (many instructions take only 1 cycle). Just like with AVR, practically everything 1 cycle except branches. M
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