The three key areas of difference between microprocessors and microcontrollers are hardware structure, application area, and instruction set characteristics.

Microprocessors and microcontrollers are integral to computing and electronic devices, with minimal to no degree of control in the operational process. These electrical components oversee and ...

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 ...

Renesas Technology America, Inc. today introduced two new programs to aid MCU and MPU-based system development: Alliance Program and Renesas University. The Americas' version of the Alliance Program ...

When programming a microcontroller, several aspects for the structure and flow of the software need to be considered. Software engineers nowadays are aware of critical cases to various available ...

Finally, it may be a surprise to some users of PIC microcontrollers to find that this family has its roots in a peripheral chip for a long forgotten General Instruments 16-bit system.

Rabbit Semiconductor The 8-bit Rabbit 2000 microprocessor operates as fast as 30 MHz and has numerous on-chip peripherals, including four serial ports and ...

(TM) family of microprocessors and microcontrollers. The new RZK is a real-time, pre-emptive, multitasking kernel that manages the use of the CPU and is designed to enable efficient processing of all ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 7, 2004 – In a move to provide designers with further objective performance data for its microcontroller and microprocessor products, NEC Electronics America, Inc., today ...

Microcontrollers rock. The 8- and 16-bit microcontrollers will continue to make up a major percentage of processor shipments.