> 
> Apparently the keywords selection puts Microchip PIC and 
> Atmel AVR in a disadvantaged position.

I was looking more at the change over time, and not to see which was on top.
Interest over time rather than absolute interest.

> The more appropriate trend is like the following (to put the 
> vendor name in front of the MCU family). Then you will see 
> that Microchip PIC is on top, Atmel AVR is the second and the 
> other three disappear in the chart!
> 
> http://www.google.com/trends?q=microchip+pic%2C+TI+msp430%2C+r
enesas+h8%2C+zilog+ez80+%2C+atmel+avr&ctab=0&geo=all&date=2006> &sort=0

But you are looking at 2006 only. For 2007, in the last few months, the
trend is for the AVR to gain interest, and the others too loose.

---
James.
 

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