Luigi Rizzo wrote:
>
> >     "It is a principal object of the present invention to provide
> >     apparatus and method which permits the use of 14-bit instruction
> >     words despite the presence of only 12 I/O pins in the
> >     microcontroller.",
>
> ah... someone has finally invented serial communication...

Wow! This claim is.. well.. interesting. Will no micro vendor now
be allowed to make chips with less I/O than program word bits?

What exactly is this, ah, method that Mchip use to have less I/O
than program word bits? A robotic side-cutter maybe?

Maybe a patented laser supercalifragilistic I/O zaptifier? <ROTFLMFHO>

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