Jim: Welcome back to The Beat. Let's dive right in... The Big One A breakdown of the day's biggest Inno story. Eight Bit Studios looks within for first CEO Chicago app maker Eight Bit Studios has ...

Freescale Semiconductor has released a microcontroller roadmap with a new eight-bit core at its low end and a range of pin-compatible eight-bit and 32-bit devices that share peripherals and ...

The 80s were the golden age of synthesizers in pop music. Hugely complicated setups that spared no expense were the norm, with synths capable of recreating anything from pianos and guitars to ...

The 64-bit Opteron CPU line from Advanced Micro Devices is growing quickly, even as a host of chips rolls off the fab lines. In the lead are four- and eight-way chips for the high-end and low-power ...

Play the 8-Bit Harry Potter YouTube Game for GeeksOr: an excuse to hear John Williams in 8-bit.

Chris started gaming in the 8-bit era so writing game reviews seemed like a natural choice of activity to protect his brain from further atrophy during his final year in a psychiatric penitentiary.

Broke Studio’s Wi-Fi-enabled Super Tilt Bro. cartridge combines retro gaming and online co-op without the irksome dial-up internet. Broke Studio’s Wi-Fi-enabled Super Tilt Bro. cartridge combines ...

Computer chips have become so tiny and complex that it’s sometimes hard to remember that there are real physical principles behind them. They aren’t just a bunch of ever-increasing numbers. For a ...

The 16-bit era brought more than new graphics. It let games evolve, telling more complex stories with an early dash of ...

With a 555 on the BOM, you never know what you’re going to get. With 40 of the versatile timer chips in a build, you might just get something completely unexpected, like this 555-based eight-bit ...

This family offers 40-MHz performance at 3 V, a 10-bit analog-to-digital converter with 10 or 13 channels, two comparators, an enhanced USART, up to two SPI and two master I 2 C serial comm ports, and ...