If there was one downside to 8-bit computers like the Commodore 64, it’s that they weren’t exactly portable. Even ignoring their physical size, the power requirements would likely have required a ...

Imagine the ultimate homage to 1980s 8-bit home computers. It might look like [David Murray] aka The 8-Bit Guy’s Commander X16. As a core group of geeks, hackers, and developers age, we yearn for the ...

A new coding tool will help make it easier for children to portably program a popular educational micro-computer on the fly. Researchers from Lancaster University's School of Computing and ...

Microchip Technology Inc.has expanded its development platform for its growing portfolio of innovative 8-bit PIC® microcontrollers (MCUs) with Core-Independent Peripherals (CIPs). Designers can ...

Many designers using 8-bit 8051 microcontrollers as the core of their systems face a challenge when updating the performance of their designs. Historically, performance upgrades have often required a ...

The COP8's accumulator-based architecture includes six to eight control and data registers, one of which is an 8-bit program-status register. The CPU also includes two 8-bit address registers, a ...