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

Click the following PDF button for a PDF version of this directory introduction and the microprocessor/microcontroller tables, as they appeared in the print version ...

In contrast to last year's Boston ESC, which was dominated by software announcements (see Software Reigns at ESC), this year's Fall ESC predominantly featured microprocessor and microcontroller ...

What are Microprocessors and Microcontrollers? Microprocessors and microcontrollers are essential components of an embedded system. These are single-chip processors that accelerate the computing ...

Such systems use microcontrollers (MCUs) or microprocessors (MPUs), or they may use custom-designed chips. Deployed by the billions each year in myriad applications, the embedded systems market ...

A die shot of a CMOS TMS1000. Pauli Rautakorpi [CC BY 3.0] By the 1980s the world belonged to 8-bit and 16-bit microprocessors and microcontrollers, so other than surviving unseen for a few years ...

From its roots as an award-winning architect in the microprocessor and microcontroller industry, Zilog has evolved its expertise beyond core silicon to include SoCs, single board computers ...

First things first. Do you need a microcontroller or a microprocessor? These birds of a feather are distinct but inhabit overlapping use cases. Thus, understanding their comparative strengths is a ...

The result was the 4004 microprocessor, a 4-bit device whose descendants have invaded every aspect of human existence in the 30-odd years since (Fig. 1). The 8-bit microcontroller celebrated its ...

Computer engineering focuses on the conception, analysis, design, integration, and evaluation of embedded systems, computing networking, and high-assurance systems employing modern microprocessor and ...