Xilinx prepares FPGAs for Space Travel
Programmable logic vendor, Xilinx has increased the radiation-hardened specification of its space grade Virtex-5QV FPGA which is available with greater than 1Mrad(Si) total ionising dose (TID)...
View ArticleElpida starts Producing the World’s Smallest DDR3 DRAM Chip sized 25nm
Elpida Memory, a leading global supplier of dynamic random access memory, has kicked off production of 25nm DRAM products, and because of this, it can now brag about having and shipping the world’s...
View ArticleElpida starts shipments of next-gen 4-gigabit Wide IO and LPDDR3 Mobile RAMs
Elpida Memory just started shipping two of its next generation mobile RAM devices 4-gigabit Wide IO and LPDDR3 Mobile RAMs which are expected to boost the memory capacities of future tablets and...
View ArticleWhat is a Microcontroller?
A microcontroller is a device which integrates a number of the components of a microprocessor system onto a single chip (IC), with the following key components: The CPU core – ranging from simple 4-bit...
View ArticleHistory of a Microcontroller
The first single chip microprocessor was the 4 bit Intel 4004 released in 1971, with the Intel 8008 and other more capable processors available over the next several years. These however all required...
View ArticleDifference between a Microprocessor and a Microcontroller
Microprocessor is a single chip CPU, microcontroller contains, a CPU and much of the remaining circuitry of a complete microcomputer system in a single chip. Microcontroller includes RAM, ROM, serial...
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