AVR-Chat

At 07:52 AM 2/3/2005, Paul Maddox wrote:

>Dave,
>
> > the ASIC versions of the AVR go a bit faster, like 20-40 MHz IIRC.
> > Would that work for you?
>
>40 mhz would be superb, but I don't have the code finalised yet, makes me
>wonder though, the SRAM based AVRs are quicker aswell...
>
>Why can't I run a mega16 at 32Mhz?
>Assuming I don't do any EEPROM/FLASH reading/writing.

Primarily because "overclocking" is unreliable.  You have no idea wether 
the next chip will work at that speed, or not.