Hey all, just had a couple quick questions. First off, what is the formula for calculating memory bandwidth? I seem to remember learning this once...Secondly: What is the difference between a 16, 32, ...

Our ability to continuously shrink the features of our silicon-based processors appears to be a thing of the past, which has materials scientists considering ways to move beyond silicon. The top ...

SMART Modular Technologies has launched a new lineup of DDR and DDR2 144-pin SO-DIMMs aimed at computer peripherals and embedded computing applications in industrial control and automation. The new ...

Texas Instruments’ (TI) latest MSP430 microcontrollers utilize FRAM for code and data. The unified memory approach simplifies development since code space can be traded off for more data RAM. FRAM ...

Motorola’s DSP561xx delivers single-cycle, two-clock, multiply-accumulate (MAC) operation and offers hardware support for sum of products and vector processing. The DSP561xx 16-bit DSP includes a ...

In a nutshell: In an impressive display of creativity and technical finesse, a hobbyist has managed to build a fully functioning 16-bit CPU entirely within Microsoft Excel. The project provides a ...