> I have no idea how many clockcycles the 68HC11 needs > for 1 instruction... Anywhere from 2 (NOP) to 11 (MUL), but most are 3,4,5 The architecture is completely different. Although the instruction set is large compared with the PIC and one 68xx instruction can do the work of a PIC routine, on balance I'd say the PIC is faster for "average" s/w. AVR is a good blend of PIC speed and Mot instruction set -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads