Why an 8-bit microcontroller needs more than 8-bit arithmetic: A wide range of control applications uses data with more than 8 bits of precision. Most 8-bit microcontrollers can handle limited, ...

In this paper VHDL implementation of 8-bit Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) is presented. The design was implemented using VHDL Xilinx Synthesis tool ISE 13.1 and targeted for Spartan device. ALU was ...

Tyrone Iras Marhguy is not your everyday student. From his dorm room, the young academic achiever has pulled off something ...

Not content with your new, 1.4-billion-transistor Ivy Bridge processor? Maybe it runs too hot, or lacks the polygon-pushing powers that you require? Well, I've got just the thing for you: How about ...

San Mateo, Calif. – Actel Corp. today will throw its hat into the microcontroller ring by introducing an 8-bit MCU platform for integration in its ProASIC Plus, Axcelerator, SX-A and ...

I'm sure that you will recall my mentioning my friend Joe Farr in previous blogs. Joe is an all-round expert in software and hardware – and he's a mega-expert on anything to do with PIC ...

If you like nitpicking around C code and generated assembly language — and we’ll admit that we do — you shouldn’t miss [Scaramanga’s] analysis of what’s known as Kernighan’s trick. If you haven’t ...