Microcontroller units (MCUs) are single-chip computers optimized for performing embedded computing tasks like controlling a ...

The nice thing about covering microprocessors is that there is always news. New peripherals, new performance, smaller packages, added security — the list is unending. In the past few months we have ...

One way that silicon suppliers reduce manufacturing costs is by discontinuing older product portfolios leading to microprocessor obsolescence. Multiple versions of those processor cores and a mix of ...

Portsmouth, England – April 30, 2009 – ARM is forecast to pass Power Architecture and x86 to become the leading 32-bit microcontroller and embedded microprocessor architecture in 2011, according ...

Maturing architectures and the adoption of new technologies will mark the year for microprocessors (MPUs) and microcontrollers (MCUs). The 64-bit microprocessor market for servers is consolidating to ...

When programming a microcontroller, several aspects for the structure and flow of the software need to be considered. Software engineers nowadays are aware of critical cases to various available ...

The daddy of them all, 1972’s Intel 4004 went out of production in 1981. Thomas Nguyen, CC BY-SA 4.0 There are a few obvious contenders that immediately come to mind, for example both the 6502 from ...

Hyundai Announces ARM7[tm] Thumb® RISC Core-Based Highly-Integrated System-on-Chip (SoC) Microprocessor and Embedded Flash Microcontroller Family Product line up as GMS30C7201, HMS30C7202, HMS39C7092 ...

The exam tests the student's background and preparation in Digital Design and in Embedded Systems. The topics that are covered in standard introductory textbooks on ...

Semicast Research, a leading provider of independent market research on the semiconductor and electronics industry, has forecast that ARM will become the leading 32-bit microcontroller (MCU) ...