One of the better retro historians out there on YouTube is the 8-Bit Guy, and after years of wanting to do something like this, it’s finally happening. The 8-Bit Guy is building his dream computer, ...

I've got a shelf full of computer history books, many of which I love and have reread several times. But I wanted to write one that focused on the first real computer I grew up with, the one that ...

Breadboard 8-bit computer builds seem all the rage these days, and with good reason: building your own CPU from the board up using discrete logic chips is a great way to really learn how ...

With chip companies packing more peripherals and functionality into 8- and 16-bit processors, it's almost impossible to keep track of what's out there. But don't worry; we got someone to do the work ...

But in his recent column “Is 8 bits dying?“, Jack Ganssle comments that while there are indications that a shakeout is coming, it will not be as soon as Michael Barr asserts in “Trends in embedded ...