Hi
I have had to study this for a report not too long ago.  It was peripheral
interface controller when General Instruments inventes the c54 (an older
version).  The chip was like a programmable VIA for other chips.  Then to
cut a long story short, microchip bought the division and renamed the chips
PIC alone (no abbreviation).


Hope that helps


Tim


At 21:39 06/03/97 GMT, you wrote:
>Hi,
>I had always assumed that PIC stands for Peripheral Interface
>Controller as the PIC FAQ also states. But I have been having a
>disscusion in a usenet group and he seems to beleive otherwise. Could
>someone enlighten me?
>
>Below follows the last message.
>
>Regards
>Simon
>
>



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