Jinx wrote:

> An 8MHz AVR is faster than a 20MHz PIC, as the PIC has a /4
> clock system, so is effectively running at 5MHz. I'd be interested
> to know if there are any bench mark routine comparisons around
> of AVR vs PIC for task completion in "real world" applications


Didn't Microchip claim "2:1 code compression and
UP TO a 2:1 speed improvement (at 10MHz) over other
8-bit microcontrollers in their class"??

I assume they mean a 10MHz PIC is "up to" twice as
fast as the average micro in the "class" as they
couldn't claim to be twice as fast as the average
10MHz micro (which would mean 8 times as fast!?)
:o)
-Roman

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