Some microcontrollers may operate at clock frequencies as low as 32kHz , as this is adequate for many typical applications , enabling low power consumption -LRB- milliwatts or microwatts -RRB- .

Microcontrollers often operate at very low speed compared to microprocessors -LRB- at clock speeds of as little as 32KHz -RRB- , but this is adequate for typical applications .
