> squeeze some more speed out

The USB-capable PICs like the 18F4550 have a 24x PLL to make
an internal reference of 96MHz from a 4MHz crystal. The fastest the
PIC can run though is 48MHz, 20% faster than a 40MHz part

wbr
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