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Re:A Guide to Pic Microcontroller Paging by zokier on Saturday June 13, 2020 @05:24PM (#23512869)
ATtinys have been available in 8 pin packages for about 2 decades, and in 6 pin packages for 1 decade. What patents are you referring to?
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Re:A Guide to Pic Microcontroller Paging by analog31 on Saturday June 13, 2020 @10:10PM (#23514556)
This one in particular:

https://patents.google.com/patent/US5847450A/en

https://www.eetimes.com/microchip-sues-zilog-over-8-pin-micr...

However, it would not shock me if someone were to take a critical look at the validity of Microchip's patents.

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