Tensilica’s Steve Leibson makes a strong case for the end of 16-bit processors, as he says 32-bit devices offer a clear advantage over their smaller brethren Like many 19th and 20th-century ...

Like many pre-21st-century technological artifacts including steam locomotives, audio tapes, and 4-bit microprocessors—16-bit processors have reached the end of their useful life. Steve Leibson, ...

Building a functioning 16-bit processor or CPU inside Microsoft Excel, with its own memory, output, and custom assembly language, is an impressive - if not entirely useful - feat. This is because ...

This is part of a series of posts about the circumstances leading up to the launch of the Altair 8800 in the January, 1975 issue of Popular Electronics. In my last post, I talked about the dawn of the ...

Cambridge Consultants has released a new 16-bit RISC microprocessor IP core. Cambridge Consultants has released a new 16-bit RISC microprocessor IP core, which it will feature at the Design & Reuse IP ...