Hackaday

One Bit, One Instruction Discrete CPU

There is a certain benefit to being an early adopter. If you were around when Unix or MSDOS had a handful of commands, it wasn’t hard to learn. Then you learn new things as they come along. If you ...
Business Wire

Renesas Unveils the First Generation of Own 32-bit RISC-V CPU Core Ahead of Competition

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced today that it has designed and tested a 32-bit CPU core based on ...
EDN

Managing the 8- to 32-bit processor migration

Back when I started in electronics, workingon discrete, 4-bit processors, I couldn’t haveknown I would one day have to worry abouthow big an integer was or discuss processorsin a Gulliver’s Travels ...
Hackaday

The Bellmac-32 CPU — What?

If you have never heard of the Bellmac-32, you aren’t alone. But it is a good bet that most, if not all, of the CPUs in your devices today use technology pioneered by this early 32-bit CPU. The chip ...
EDN

Processor combines 32-bit CPU and graphics engine

Said to be the first controller with a 32-bit CPU and a graphics engine on a single chip, the MB86R01 graphics controller is designed for high-end embedded automotive graphics applications such as ...
Android Authority

32-bits is dead: Here's what it means for Android, Apple, and more

Arm has announced that from 2023, all of its new smartphone CPU cores will be 64-bit only, with no 32-bit compatibility mode. We have had 64-bit capable smartphone processors since 2013 when Apple ...
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These 5 Linux Distros Still Support 32-Bit PCs

Most desktop and laptop computers from the past two decades use 64-bit x86 processors, but older 32-bit x86 CPUs (also known as i386 or i686) are still around. Even though Windows and many Linux ...
Business Wire

Renesas Selects Andes RISC-V 32-Bit CPU Cores for its First RISC-V Implementation of ASSPs

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced a technology IP cooperation with Andes Technology, an ...
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What Is Vikram 32-Bit Processor? All You Need To Know About India's First Indigenous Space-Grade Microchip

India has taken a big step in its semiconductor journey by creating the Vikram 32-bit processor. It is a home-grown microchip built to power space missions and survive tough launch conditions. On ...
Embedded

In 32-bit CPU race, Cortus bets on security to win in IoT

Cortus president and CEO Michael Chapman told EE Times that it has focused on reducing the size of the instruction memory, which he called “the largest single component in a system.” With the v2 ...
PC World

Why can’t 32-bit Windows access 4GB of RAM?

32-bit processors and operating systems, in theory, can access up to 4GB of memory. So how come Qasim Zaib’s PC, with 4GB installed, only sees 3GB? Every byte of RAM requires its own address, and the ...