If you need higher throughput go with ARM7TDMI, or maybe higher to ARM9 depending on your needs. You can take a look at NXP LPC2000 series micros. These are low pin count (48 pins or more) general purpose devices with flash. GNU toolchain is available for ARM with good support. Regards On 7/27/07, Harold Hallikainen wrote: > I'm currently using the PIC24H in new designs with external USB (FT245R), > Ethernet (Lantronix xPort), external graphic LCD drive (CPLD and RAM), and > external flash to hold Unicode character bitmaps. Even with the 40MIPS of > the 24H, the processor is having a hard time keeping up. I'm also > concerned that moving some of these resources on chip will use too many > MIPS, leaving me even shorter. So... where should I head when looking for > higher performance and more integration than the 24H? People here are > suggesting an ARM based device, which I know little about. Is this a good > direction? Does anyone have any idea where Microchip is going? Any chance > of 80MIPS or more on the 24H? > > THANKS! > > Harold -- Chetan Bhargava Web: http://www.bhargavaz.net Blog: http://microz.blogspot.com -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist