Some people think that programs for microcontrollers like the 8051 that have limited program memory must be written in assembly language rather than a high-level language like C. The executable code ...

Woodcliff Lake, NJ, January 28, 2014 -- An 8051-compatible microcontroller core with 26.85 times the performance per MHz of the original 8051 chip is now available from semiconductor intellectual ...

The Z80, 180, and 380 processor families represent three generations of upward-compatible µPs. The Z80 includes 150 instructions, many of which have numerous variants for operand location and ...

Woodcliff Lake, NJ, May 30, 2012 — Semiconductor IP provider CAST, Inc. now offers a debugging solution for 8051 IP cores that requires a single connection instead of the four needed for traditional ...

At the introduction of the 12,000 gate 32bit ARM Cortex M0 recently, an ARM spokesman told EW the M0 was close to the 10,000 gates normally occupied by the 8bit 8051 microcontroller. Inspired by this, ...