What are Microprocessors and Microcontrollers? Microprocessors and microcontrollers are essential components of an embedded system. These are single-chip processors that accelerate the computing ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 7, 2004 – In a move to provide designers with further objective performance data for its microcontroller and microprocessor products, NEC Electronics America, Inc., today ...

MIPS has revealed cores to compete with ARM’s Coretx-Mx series. Called Warrior M, and available in microcontroller and microprocessor flavours, they are based on existing microAptive cores, with three ...

Electronic Design's own Lou Frenzel is updating one of his textbooks—and is soliciting advice from readers on microcontroller content to include. I am in the process of updating my book "Electronics ...

Company Eyes New Growth Opportunities: Extends Roadmap to Offer Broadest Range of 8-, 16-, and 32-Bit MCU-Based Embedded Solutions for Wide Array of Applications SAN JOSE, Calif. -- May 8, 2008-- ...

Integrating processors, sensors, and data exchange functionality into everyday objects, the Internet of Things (IoT) pushes computing capabilities far beyond desktops and servers. On December 5, ...

Microcontrollers are small and inexpensive. Security solutions have the reputation for being neither. With increasingly strict regulation and legislation, the need to balance the two is critical. Why ...

Renesas Technology is looking to combine one of its SH processor cores with programmable logic to create what could be its first reconfigurable microprocessor. Dr Katsuhiro Tsukamoto, president and ...

Toshiba uses the TLCS-900 architecture in several product cores, including the 900, 900/L, 900/H, and 900/H2. The TLCS-900 is a general-purpose, 16-bit core. The TLCS-900/L adds a clock gear and 3V ...

The Z80, 180, and 380 processor families represent three generations of upward-compatible µPs. The Z80 includes 150 instructions, many of which have numerous variants for operand location and ...