Some 32-bit processors can perform SIMD (single-instruction, multiple-data) arithmetic operations that act on multiple 8-bit data at the same time. For 8-bit designs to support the expanding ...

Can developers utilize a 32-bit architecture with a clear upgrade path even when low power and compact size are high on the list of requirements? Arm Ltd. attempts to answer that question with its ...

Moore’s Law observes that the number of transistors doubles for the same area every two years. The relentless fulfillment of this observation has been the rallying point for those who predict that ...

Will Strauss, president of Forward Concepts, said Freescale's move is part of a larger trend among microcontroller and DSP vendors to protect investments in software development by offering compatible ...

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India has built its first space-grade computer chip for rockets, called Vikram 3201. It is the country’s first indigenous ...

Microsoft's Windows has always been criticized for its bloat but part of that is because it also has to support decades' worth of computers. Unlike Apple, who has complete control over both software ...

Linux got its start in the 1990s as an alternative operating system for older PCs that didn’t have the horsepower to run newer versions of Windows. So it seems a bit ironic, but not totally surprising ...

The 32-bit microcontroller class spans an ever-widening performance envelope, as Freescale and Renesas have announced chips at opposite ends of the spectrum. Freescale's MPC8544E (see table) targets ...

LAS VEGAS – Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) will probably stop producing 32-bit processors by the end of 2005, a senior AMD executive predicted during a Monday panel discussion on AMD’s 64-bit ...

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. will probably stop producing 32-bit processors by the end of 2005, a senior AMD executive predicted during a panel discussion yesterday on AMD’s 64-bit processors at Comdex ...