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 ...

Instead of an -- albeit complicated -- circuit, this chip was to be an entire mini-computer unto itself. Hoff designed the chip, and engineer Frederico Faggin set about building the design into a ...

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 ...

Add the sensor and sensor interface into a microprocessor based development kit ... In module 1 you will learn how to specify and use temperature sensors in an embedded circuit. First, you will learn ...

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 ...

Busnaina runs the National Science Foundation Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing at Northeastern University. He explains ...

MOSFETs were not originally better than the junction transistor, but they are much easier to make on an integrated circuit or microprocessor, and so they soon became the preferred type of transistor.

February 24, 2022 -- Total microprocessor sales in 2021 maintained strength, growing 14% to a record-high $102.9 billion after climbing 16% in 2020, when emergency lockdowns in the Covid-19 virus ...