Key industry trends indicate engineers are relying on 8-bit MCUs for low cost, easy-to-implement processing solutions, execution of multiple applications in a system, which requires higher performance, and flash memory, which gives in-circuit programmability and production flexibility. The growth in communication, and in particular, embedded networking for 8-bit applications, demands higher performance MCU solutions as well as extensive networking software. These are just some of the key reasons for ZiLOG/Littelfuse to develop eZ80Acclaim!™ MCU family.