A new family of 8-bit, low-voltage, embedded controllers is said to achieve unsurpassed 8-bit performance due to a 6X-accelerated 80C51-compatible core. Manufactured using a 0.35-µm embedded flash ...

Mitsubishi's M16C/26 microcontroller is the first of a new series of flash-based controllers targeting applications that would benefit by moving from an 8-bit to a 16-bit microcontroller. The flash ...

Eight-bit microcontrollers-called that because they operate on data eight bits at a time-continue to dominate the microcontroller market, although 32-bit controllers are showing faster market growth.

SAN FRANCISCO — During an investment conference here, Microchip Technology Inc. today said that the slowdown in the equipment markets is causing lead times for its core 8-bit microcontroller lines to ...

Will Strauss, president of Forward Concepts, said Freescale's move is part of a larger trend among microcontroller and DSP vendors to protect investments in software development by offering compatible ...