SLAA380B December 2007 – September 2018 MSP430F2616 , MSP430F2617 , MSP430F2618 , MSP430F2619
If the code being migrated to the MSP430F261x contains any hand-optimized timing-critical code, keep in mind that the cycle count for certain CPU instructions has been reduced by one or two cycles. However, this consideration typically applies to only assembler-coded software routines, which is the preferred method of coding anything that requires an exact prediction of CPU cycles being consumed.
Another architectural improvement that the MSP430X devices (MSP430F261x) bring is the reduced interrupt response time (five MCLK cycles instead of six), and the reduced time to return from an interrupt service function (three cycles instead of five).
Most applications being migrated transparently benefit from these cycle count reductions.