Characteristics and contrasts with microprocessors. Hints on selecting and deploying microcontrollers. What might be on the horizon for microcontrollers, especially the competition between Von Neumann ...

The nice thing about covering microprocessors is that there is always news. New peripherals, new performance, smaller packages, added security — the list is unending. In the past few months we have ...

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

Microprocessors are suited for information processing in computer systems, whereas microcontrollers are suitable for controlling input/output devices with few components. Third, the characteristics of ...

These are major producers of microcontrollers and/or microprocessors where we provide a more detailed description of their entire product lines. Companies are listed in no particular order.

One way that silicon suppliers reduce manufacturing costs is by discontinuing older product portfolios leading to microprocessor obsolescence. Multiple versions of those processor cores and a mix of ...

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-- ...