Hackaday

Downgrade Your Heathkit H8 To The World’s First 8-bit Microprocessor

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 ...
EDN

Managing the 8- to 32-bit processor migration

Back when I started in electronics, workingon discrete, 4-bit processors, I couldn’t haveknown I would one day have to worry abouthow big an integer was or discuss processorsin a Gulliver’s Travels ...
Design-Reuse

Western Design Center Joins ispLeverCORE Connection Partners Program, Optimizes 8-bit 65xx Microprocessor IP Core for LatticeXP FPGA Devices

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 ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Flexible Microprocessors (FlexiCores)- Natively flexible 4-bit and 8-bit microprocessors optimized for low footprint and yield

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

Digital Core Design Announces Availability of DZ80, a 8-bit Microprocessor IP Core

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 ...
EDN

FROM EDN EUROPE: ARM core helps licensees capture 8/32-bit-microprocessor conversions

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 ...
Fudzilla

Giant 8-bit processor built in Minecraft

An eight-month project has finally built a working 8-bit processor within the Minecraft game. Minecraft builder "Sammyuri" spent seven months building what they call the Chungus 2, an enormously ...
Hackaday

8-bit computers

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.
CRN

Compatible 8-, 32-Bit Processors On the Way

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 ...
Electronic Design

11 Myths About 8-Bit Microcontrollers

This file type includes high-resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. Wayne Freeman, Campaign Manager, MCU8 Business Unit, Microchip Technology Inc. The venerable 8-bit microcontroller (MCU ...
Electronic Design

Quick Poll: Are You Using 8-Bit Micros?

8-bit micros may not be the darling they once were, but they're still being used today. The 1970s was the start of the 8-bit microprocessor and microcontroller revolution. It started with the 4-bit ...