Electronic Design

Reviving Bit-slice Technology in a Programmable Fashion

The term "Bit Slicing" was once dominant in history books as a technique for constructing a processor from processor modules of smaller bit width where each of these components processes one field or ...
Engadget

ARM Cortex-M0+ is a low-power, low cost 32-bit processor for the 'internet of things'

CAMBRIDGE, UK – March 13, 2012– ARM today announced the ARM® Cortex™-M0+ processor, the world's most energy-efficient microprocessor. The Cortex-M0+ processor has been optimized to deliver ultra ...
EDN

Managing the 8- to 32-bit processor migration

Back when I started in electronics, workingon discrete, 4-bit processors, I couldn’t haveknown I would one day have to worry abouthow big an integer was or discuss processorsin a Gulliver’s Travels ...
Electronic Design

32-Bit Architecture Challenges 8-Bit Processors

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 ...
EDN

Hit performance goals with configurable processors

For more than 30 years, the fixed-ISA (instruction set architecture) microprocessor has largely defined electronic system design. Similarly, single-chip DSPs have dominated DSP system design since ...