>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Plocher [mailto:John.Plocher@SUN.COM]
>Sent: 26 February 2004 18:02
>To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>Subject: Re: [OT:] AVR, PIC or ...
>
>
>[Moving to [OT:]...
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>Michael Rigby-Jones wrote:
>> I make that 6 cycles + a couple for initial bank setting if we are
>> being fussy.
>>
>> How about sending an 8 bit value out on two pins, SPI style?  They
>> reckon the PIC takes 296 cycles to do this!
>
>
>When I skimmed the sheet I came away with the impression that
>they were pulling a fast one - since their chip did 1-clock
>per instruction, they were counting clock cycles.  Since the
>PIC takes 4 clocks per instruction, they were taking the PIC
>instruction counts and multiplying by 4.
>
>6 instruction cycles + a couple of bcf/bsf/BANKSELs = 8-10
>icycles 10 icycles * 4 clocks = 40 clock cycles.
>
>scum-marketing at its worst.

The more I look at it, the more it looks like an also-ran.  No wonder they
didn't compare to an 18F, it would beat it in most areas I suspect, the MAXQ
doesn't even have a multiply instruction! Couple that with the fact that the
18F is now becoming a mature, established part with a good selection of
development tools and support, and it looks like the MAXQ isn't going to
make much of a splash when it lands unless they include some killer
peripherals (integrated 12 bit ADCs and DACs would be nice).

Mike




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