About 15 years ago, the microprocessor architecture research community faced another seemingly insurmountable challenge and found solutions within a few years – just a few product generations.

Three presentations from three companies set the parameters of high-performance architectural design and power dissipation, as it applies to microprocessor architecture. The three presentations were ...

I loosely based the design on my favourite, the 6809, but soon started stripping it bare, finally managing to squeeze a workable processor into less than 400 logic elements (LEs – basically a 4-input ...

The microprocessor chip can be purchased off the shelf and built into the PC/laptop. For smart phones and tablets, a new model emerged – processor as an intellectual property (IP) where the customer ...

"There's a dead end to the conventional approach to microprocessor design, and it's less than 20 years away," said Dr. Michael Frank, head of the university's Reversible and Quantum Computing ...

The microprocessor-supervisor's internal reset-timeout period supplies the one-shot timing. To initiate a manual reset, ground the minus side of C1 by closing the pushbutton switch.

Diablo Technologies has brought flash right next to the microprocessor placing it on the DRAM channel and today’s microprocessors have multiple channels. The Diablo Technologies TerraDIMM puts ...