Hackaday

Reverse Engineering The Z80’s 16-bit Increment/Decrement Circuit

Increment and decrement. They sound like simple functions. But even the simplest functions can get quite complex in a microprocessor design. Ken Shirriff has written up a great blog post about his ...
Electronic Design

One-Shot Timing Improves Microprocessor Reset Circuit

Many microprocessor-based products require a manual-reset capability that allows the user, test technician, or external circuitry to reboot the system without a full power-down/power-up cycle. To ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Non-Traditional Design of Dynamic Logic Gates and Circuits with FDSOI FETs

A new technical paper titled “Non-Traditional Design of Dynamic Logics using FDSOI for Ultra-Efficient Computing” was published by researchers at University of Stuttgart, UC Berkeley, Indian Institute ...
Nature

Low Power Design in CMOS and FinFET Logic Circuits

Low power design has become a cornerstone of modern integrated circuit development, driven by energy efficiency demands and the challenges of scaling in nanometre technologies. Innovations in ...
Los Angeles Times

Volker Dolch, 59; Leader in Designing Computer Processors

Volker Dolch, 59, a pioneer in microprocessor design who founded Dolch Logic Instruments in Germany in 1976 and Dolch Computer Systems in California in 1987, died of cancer at his home in Belvedere, ...
Design-Reuse

Virage Logic Introduces the Ultra Compact and Low Power ARC(R) 601 32-Bit Microprocessor Core

FREMONT, Calif., Dec 15, 2009 -- Virage Logic Corporation (NASDAQ:VIRL), the semiconductor industry's trusted IP partner, today announced the availability of its new ARC601 32-bit microprocessor core, ...