CHANDLER, Ariz.–Looking to extend its leadership position in 8-bit microcontrollers, Microchip Technology Inc. is packing more punch in the mature but growing product segment. The company today ...

ThinkGeek and Ion have yet another addition to the iCade family of gaming controllers for mobile devices, and its new baby looks suspiciously like the controller for the 1985 Nintendo Entertainment ...

Technology races forward, and it's putting a lot of pressure on embedded-system developers. Competing in markets with increasingly complex applications, developers often face performance shortfalls ...

8-bit MCUs continue to thrive via continued innovations in several areas including memory, power consumption, packaging, and core-independent peripherals (CIPs). New generations of MCUs incorporate an ...

We have already featured some of the fun iCade gaming controllers for the iPhone and iPad, and the latest one has been inspired by an NES controller, the iCade 8-Bitty. The iCade 8-Bitty connects to ...

Eight-bit microcontrollers-called that because they operate on data eight bits at a time-continue to dominate the microcontroller market, although 32-bit controllers are showing faster market growth.

Lattice Diamond Design Software Also Delivers Enhanced Support for the New Low Cost, Low Power "Do-It-All" MachXO2 PLD Family HILLSBORO, OR, Apr 18, 2011-- Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: ...

Will Strauss, president of Forward Concepts, said Freescale's move is part of a larger trend among microcontroller and DSP vendors to protect investments in software development by offering compatible ...

The original 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System arrived in North American well before wireless standards like Bluetooth or wi-fi were established—it wasn’t until the Gamecube that Nintendo even ...

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