Tag: CPU
First full 32-bit plastic M0+ microcontroller
ARM has developed the first full 32bit microcontroller built on a flexible plastic material using a 0.8 μm process from PragmatIC. The PlasticARM microcontroller consists of 56,340 NMOS transistors and resistors and is built on a plastic substrate developed by UK foundry PragmatIC...
Continue ReadingNXP Launches The Gigahertz Microcontroller Era
NXP Semiconductors has announced the industry’s first crossover MCU, i.MX RT1170 28nm fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator (FD-SOI) microcontroller unit (MCU), which is a power-efficient design with real-time functionality, and MCU usability at an affordable price. It clocks its...
Continue ReadingAJIT – First-Ever “Made in India” Microprocessor Designed By IIT Bombay
In this modern era, the electronics industry is incomplete without microprocessors. From daily household appliances to space exploration - microprocessors are accompanying us everywhere and making lives way easier. But, independently designing and manufacturing a processor is an...
Continue ReadingOverclocked Intel CPU draws 1kW
by Thomas Scherer @ elektormagazine.com The impressively powerful i9-7980XE CPU from Intel boasts not just 18 cores and 36 threads but also an unlocked clock multiplier. The spec was clearly an open invitation to Roman Hartung who has something of a reputation when it comes to...
Continue ReadingAre Today’s MCUs Overdesigned? A Research Team Has The Answer
MCUs are called microcontrollers because they embed a CPU, memory and I/O units in one package. Apparently, today's MCUs are full of peripherals and in most cases they are not used in the application, and from an engineering point of view this is a waste of money and energy, but on the...
Continue ReadingInside the vintage 74181 ALU chip
Ken Shirriff writes: The 74181 ALU (arithmetic/logic unit) chip powered many of the minicomputers of the 1970s: it provided fast 4-bit arithmetic and logic functions, and could be combined to handle larger words, making it a key part of many CPUs. Inside the vintage 74181 ALU chip -...
Continue ReadingTiny OLED PC Performance Monitor
Rupert Hirst build a tiny OLED PC performance monitor based on Psyrax's serial monitor. The display monitors CPU and GPU temperature and activity etc. He writes: After a recent purchase of a Nvidia GTX1080 graphics card, 4k monitor plus Doom(2016), I thought it would be great to see...
Continue ReadingA Bench Power Supply using computer PSU
As we know, PSU in computers provides various DC voltages, 3.3V, 5V and 12V. These 3 levels are the most common ones needed in our labs, so usually PC PSUs are used by a lot of makers and hackers as their personal bench power supply. The PSU has a standard connector called ATX, you can...
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