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 ...

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 ...

Today's complex VLSI SOC solutions demand low power processors. Synchronous processors which consume more than 40 % of power in clock circuitry are being conveniently replaced by low power ...

Bytom, October 31, 2012-- Digital Core Design, IP Core provider and a System on Chip design house, has introduced the DT8051. The newest IP Core from Poland is the world’s most powerful tiny 8051 ...

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

An earlier logic chip used as a building block for CPUs. Bit slice processors used arithmetic logic units (ALUs) that typically came in 4-bit increments, although 1- and 2-bit devices were also made.

Video game-makers used to make a big deal of their cutting-edge graphics, but they're not the selling point that they used to ...

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 ...

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 ...