> Basically, it seems to say that the "overhead" of having the PIC
> running at all is relevant, and therefore the economy with lower
> speeds is not quite proportional

In the case of 32k vs 20MHz there's a 1:610 reduction in speed
but only a (guesstimate) 1:96 reduction in consumption. For the
older style 877 anyway. I'm sure the figures would be better for
nW parts

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