Microchip: Long Live the 8-Bit
Microchip has been very acquisition-hungry as of late, recently purchasing Atmel among many others. While their product line expands, the most noticeable might be the merging of the two largest 8-bit microcontroller providers. The PIC Micro and the AVR are now owned by Microchip and both have a stronghold in the industry and in the maker community. The most…