The three key areas of difference between microprocessors and microcontrollers are hardware structure, application area, and instruction set characteristics.

Microprocessors and microcontrollers are integral to computing and electronic devices, with minimal to no degree of control in the operational process. These electrical components oversee and ...

Microcontrollers rock. The 8- and 16-bit microcontrollers will continue to make up a major percentage of processor shipments.

Maturing architectures and the adoption of new technologies will mark the year for microprocessors (MPUs) and microcontrollers (MCUs). The 64-bit microprocessor market for servers is consolidating ...

What microprocessor could be more influential than the first commercial model of all time? The 4004 was a 4-bit processor designed specifically for Busicom desktop calculators.

Students expressed creativity and ingenuity in the design of practical, microcontroller-based embedded systems for their final course projects.