The three key areas of difference between microprocessors and microcontrollers are hardware structure, application area, and instruction set characteristics.

Although there are similarities, microcontrollers and microprocessors serve distinct purposes and possess unique characteristics. Then, what is the difference between a microcontroller and a ...

Microprocessors and microcontrollers are integral to computing and electronic devices, with minimal to no degree of control in the operational process. These electrical components oversee and ...

Microcontrollers rock. The 8- and 16-bit microcontrollers will continue to make up a major percentage of processor shipments.

Maturing architectures and the adoption of new technologies will mark the year for microprocessors (MPUs) and microcontrollers (MCUs). The 64-bit microprocessor market for servers is consolidating ...

Renesas Technology America, Inc. today introduced two new programs to aid MCU and MPU-based system development: Alliance Program and Renesas University. The Americas' version of the Alliance Program ...

This addition comes thanks to the MIPS M5150 Warrior-M processor, the first microcontroller to support hardware visualization. For microprocessors, hardware virtualization has been around for a ...