The boys in Dallas may hate to hear it, but Texas Instruments has a 20-bit microcontroller. Actually, TI's 16-bit MSP430X architecture incorporates a bank of registers that can be manipulated as ...

The 8-bit PIC has made its mark as a mainstream architecture. To-morrow's PIC is moving up to a 16-bit implementation with added DSP functionality. Proprietary PIC vendor Microchip is developing the ...

The accumulator-based Z894xx, originating from the Clarkspur core, provides an upward migration path for the Z893xx. Although the code is not binary-compatible, the Z894xx supports most of the ...

The start of the much-anticipated death of 16-bit processors is upon us. Because of insufficient forecasted demand, March 30, 2007, is the final date that Intel will accept orders for its MCS51, ...

The history of computing could arguably be divided into three eras: that of mainframes, minicomputers, and microcomputers. Minicomputers provided an important bridge between the first mainframes and ...

The launch of the 80251 grants to the growing number of Systems-on-Chip or SoC Integrators, a move to 16 bits empowering the architecture of choice with top performance over complexity, in terms of ...

Remember the early 90's when we were transitioning from 16-bit to 32-bit operating systems? Some people were unimpressed, but I think most of us could see that 32-bit systems were going to solve an ...

Freescale Semiconductor, the leading supplier of semiconductors to the automotive industry, is now shipping its popular S12 16-bit automotive microcontrollers (MCUs) at a rate of more than 100 million ...