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 ...

Use the menus on the left to access a wealth of information on more than 60 vendors and hundreds of processors. Whether you drill down by company name or target application, you'll find an overview of ...

Maturing architectures and the adoption of new technologies will mark the year for microprocessors (MPUs) and microcontrollers (MCUs). The 64-bit microprocessor market for servers is consolidating to ...

Electronic Design's own Lou Frenzel is updating one of his textbooks—and is soliciting advice from readers on microcontroller content to include. I am in the process of updating my book "Electronics ...