On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 8:09 AM, Vicent Colomar Prats wrote: > And the new "EP" is for Enhanced Power? Extra Power? The only one thing I > know for sure is they run at more MIPS (70) compared to others. I sampled= a > 33EP256GU806 to test it as soon as possible, and may be also an 256MC806 > (without usb) also. It seems a very good micro in 64 pins range. I'd equate "EP" with extra performance - or something analogous to lower power since they are both lower power and higher performance parts. The pipeline is longer on EP parts, allowing higher clock frequency at a cost of significantly more difficult to determine instruction rate. Unloading the pipeline via a jump or branch will take 5 or 6 cycles IIRC (check the family manual.) --=20 Martin K. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .