Usually, designing a CPU is a lengthy process, especially so if you’re making a new ISA too. This is something that can take months or even years before you first get code to run. But what if it ...

The 8-Bit Guy is building his dream computer, heavily inspired by the Commodore 64. Before we go into what this computer will do and what capabilities it will have, it’s important to note the 8 ...

asynchronous Processor modules/cores. In this paper, power, area performance parameters of 8-bit pipelined asynchronous processor is measured and compared over similar feature synchronous processor.

The complete system with peripherals and the DoCD debugger needs just 6 650 ASIC gates, when a standalone CPU utilizes little else than 3k gates. The DT8051 is an area optimized tiny soft core of a ...

This week at CES 2025, numerous major hardware announcements are being unveiled — but in the long history of CES, these ...

Connected to a control unit, the ALU slices were strung together to make larger processors (8-bit, 16-bit, etc.). They included inputs and outputs for borrow and carry bits (addition and ...

Four decades ago at CES 1985, the Commodore 128 debuted. It sold just a few million units compared to 17 million for the Commodore 64 — the era of 8 ...

16-bit and 8-bit microprocessors manufactured every year (see microcontroller). A 64-bit computer is not twice as fast as its 32-bit predecessor. The 64 bit "word size" is only one aspect of ...

Microcontrollers exist in almost everything, but can RISC-V satisfy the needs of this market? Is it small enough to replace 8-bit processors? What might help people migrate to a more modern processor ...