Ken Shirriff] has been sharing a really low-level look at Intel’s Pentium (1993) processor. The Pentium’s architecture was ...

At the core of every smartphone, computer, and digital gadget lies a technological marvel that has transformed the 20th and ...

CATALOG DESCRIPTION: Design, prototype and test individual projects involving microprocessors and related devices such as PAL/FPGA and special purpose ICs. Embedded-system tools such as special ...

We recently looked at the origins of the integrated circuit (IC) and the calculator ... invention of the next world-changing marvel, the microprocessor. There is some dispute as to which company ...

Create hardware and firmware to process sensor signals and feed data to a microprocessor for further evaluation. Study sensor signal noise and apply proper hardware techniques to reduce it to ...

Facilities to fabricate the advanced electronics and chips needed to power today's electronics cost about $20 billion to $40 ...

A microprocessor is an integrated circuit that contains no memory. A microcontroller has the ability to store information. The size of a circuit can be significantly reduced. This is because ...

Texas Instruments and Fairchild semiconductor both announce the integrated circuit in 1959 ... introduces a 1K RAM chip and the 4004, a 4-bit microprocessor. Two years later comes the 8008 ...