A reduction in the processing power of {TAIL ~ the MCU} occurs if the link accomplishes in hardware some of the functions normally achieved in software and {HEAD ~ firmware} 
A reduction in the processing power of { TAIL ~ the MCU } occurs if the link accomplishes in hardware some of the functions normally achieved in software and { HEAD ~ firmware }
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