PIC® Microcontrollers for 8-bit Applications Microchip Technology Inc is the leader in the 8-bit microcontroller market by continually providing versatile products that are innovative and cost effective.
Microchip is recognized as the #1 supplier of 8-bit microcontrollers, based on worldwide unit shipments*. PIC microcontrollers achieve low-risk product development by providing seamless program size expansion.
Microchip’s broad family of 8-bit microcontrollers features a proprietary RISC-based architecture and is marketed under the PIC microcontroller brand name. With more than 350 microcontrollers in the product portfolio, Microchip can provide solutions for the entire performance range of 8-bit microcontrollers.
Flexible memory technologies such as Flash, OTP, read-only memory (ROM) and ROM-less ensure an ideal PIC microcontroller for any application. The 8-bit PIC microcontroller architecture is based on a modified Harvard RISC instruction set that provides an easy migration path from 6 to 100 pin and from 384 bytes to 128 Kbytes of program memory.