I believe the 1654 NMOS version was the first PIC. Correct me if I am wrong.

Pailoor

tmariner wrote:

> > 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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