> If I recall right Microchip did not invent the PIC processor. It was
> available from
> Intersil before there was a Microchip. the 16x54 series was
> available in
> MOS technology and used in many early cable TV boxes.

Nope! - The first real PIC was the 16C55 and was a derivative of a chip that
was a Peripheral Interface Chip to the General Instrument CP1600. Some of
the crew that worked on the initial designs are still involved in emulator
chips, etc. for Microchip.

(It should be noted that one of the additional accomplishments of that team
was the redesign of the TI 320 series from NMOS to CMOS when GI / Microchip
cross sold the 8 bit and DSP processors from TI.)

>
> I assume that Microchip has legal use of the design and am not
> suggesting any wrong doing by Microchip whatever.

They do and they didn't.

Tom
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