When the Grumman F-14 Tomcat first flew in 1970, it was a marvel. With its variable-sweep wing, twin tail, and sleek lines, it quickly became one of the most iconic jet fighters of the era — and that ...

Microprocessor-based systems are ideal for executing an essentially infinite number of tasks. The host microprocessors support a limited set of instructions that can combine to produce incredibly ...

CHENNAI: India has taken another step towards self-reliance in space technology with the launch of VIKRAM-32, the country’s first fully indigenous 32-bit microprocessor. Developed by the Vikram ...

The first microprocessor. Designed by Marcian E. "Ted" Hoff at Intel in 1971, the 4004 was a 4-bit, general-purpose CPU initially developed for the Japanese Busicom calculator. Running at a clock rate ...

Radicalism was in the air in 1970. The Vietnam war wasn't gaining much support on college campuses. In the streets, the flower-power Hippies had been shoved aside by angry, politicized Yippies, who ...

Last week, chip manufacturer Zilog announced that after 48 years on the market, its line of standalone DIP (dual inline package) Z80 CPUs is coming to an end, ceasing sales on June 14, 2024. The 8-bit ...

Developed by ISRO Semiconductor Laboratory in Mohali, the Vikram-32 chip is the country’s first fully indigenous 32-bit microprocessor.

The MITRE-led Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) program added four new microprocessor-related weaknesses to its community-developed list of common software and hardware weaknesses that result in ...

Models are the new microprocessors: the central compute engines around which the next generation of products, platforms, and services will be organized — with context as their raw material. In a first ...