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

Any electronic system that uses a computer chip but is not a general-purpose desktop or laptop computer, tablet or smartphone. Embedded systems use microcontrollers (MCUs), microprocessors (MPUs) or ...

Microprocessor (MPU) and microcontroller (MCU) manufacturers continue to address the growing internet of things applications with new devices that focus on ultra-low power, faster system performance, ...

A semiconductor analyst says microcontroller and analog chip stocks could rebound sharply as margins recover and demand ...

Microcontrollers are one of the main digital components that we cover in Electronic Design. Personally, I love to work with micros because it's easy to understand the features and capabilities as well ...

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 ...

WISeKey's Semiconductor reaches 1 Billion Secure Chips and introduces VaultIC407, a new Secure Microprocessor for IoT, Blockchain and AI WISeKey IoT has an install base of over 1 billion Secure Chips ...

So, I'm curious about the Intel aspect of this. . . The 8-bit Z80 microprocessor was designed in 1974 by Federico Faggin as a binary-compatible, improved version of the Intel 8080 with a higher clock ...

An embedded processor free-for-all is taking place in San Francisco this week. Chip designers such as ARM Holdings and chip manufacturers such as Hitachi are using the Embedded Systems Conference to ...

Fig 1. Intel’s E600C blends an Intel Atom processor with an Altera FPGA on a multi-chip package linking the two using PCI Express links. Fig 2. Xilinx’s Zynq-7000 EPP puts a full dual-core Cortex-A9 ...

Medical devices encompass a range of products, from ultrasound equipment and implantable devices to home blood glucose meters and fitness trackers. Each application calls for different requirements, ...

The first microprocessor. Although Texas Instruments had already created a CPU on a chip for a customer, Intel's 4004 was the first to sell to the general public. Designed by Marcian Hoff in 1971, the ...