Microprocessor and IC programmers, compilers, and debuggers are programs that translate high-level language codes into assembly (machine) code, or track and correct errors (bugs) in program code. Many ...

We recently looked at the origins of the integrated circuit (IC) and the calculator, which was the IC’s first killer app, but a surprise twist is that the calculator played a big part in the invention ...

RISC-V technology is used in the development of chip hardware, software, and the creation of intellectual property (IP). Recently, the open standard has gained increased interest with the potential US ...

Mixed-processor systems are growing more common as standard system-on-a-chip (SoC) architectures, like the Texas Instruments (TI) OMAP, become available. OMAP combines a conventional ARM processor ...

Nexar is a software-design environment aimed at bringing a new ease of use to working with FPGAs and exploiting the new generation of complex but affordable programmable products (Picture). It ...

In context: A patch was discovered this week that indicates Intel is preparing a new feature that can lock features of silicon behind software-based activation. It doesn't seem to be rolling out to ...

Custom processors are making a resurgence, spurred on by the early success of the RISC-V ISA and the ecosystem that is rapidly building around it. But this shift is amid questions about whether ...

Stepping motors are often used as output devices for microprocessor-based control systems. The essential feature of these systems is that the microprocessor program produces a result and the stepping ...

Computers’ amazing abilities to entertain people, help them work, and even respond to voice commands are, at their heart, the results of decades of technological development and innovation in ...