In 2005, ARM will release the IP (intellectual property) for Cortex-M3, a processor designed to take 32-bit performance into low-end applications, where silicon vendors are aiming to migrate designs ...

Typically when you’re replacing parts in an old computer it’s either for repairs or an upgrade. Upgrades like adding a more capable processor to an old computer are the most common, and can help bring ...

Living within an 8-bit on-chip data-addressing budget, Intel designers overlapped data address spaces. The lower 128 bytes of RAM hold the registers, a bit-operation area, and RAM. These lower bytes ...

HILLSBORO, OR - NOVEMBER 6, 2006 - Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) today announced the availability of an 8-bit 65xx microprocessor intellectual property (IP) core from the Western ...

The year Intel rolled out its first 8-bit microprocessor, Apollo 17 landed on the Moon. The Volkswagen Beetle became the best-selling car in history, surpassing the Ford Model T. And “The Godfather” ...

The year Intel rolled out its first 8-bit microprocessor, Apollo 17 landed on the Moon. The Volkswagen Beetle became the best-selling car in history, surpassing the Ford Model T. And “The Godfather” ...

January 2, 2007 - Digital Core Design today has announced the release of a new - DZ80 - 8-bit Microprocessor IP Core. Meeting the needs of customers who in their work use standard Z80 Microprocessor ...

New research paper titled “FlexiCores: low footprint, high yield, field reprogrammable flexible microprocessors” from researchers at University of Illinois and PragmatIC Semiconductor. “Flexible ...

As hackers and makers we are surrounded by accessible computing in an astonishing diversity. From tiny microcontrollers to multi-processor powerhouses, they have become the universal tool of our art.

The 1970s was the start of the 8-bit microprocessor and microcontroller revolution. It started with the 4-bit Intel 4004, but it was really the 8-bit Intel 8080 and the Zilog Z80 that made the ...