The architecture starts with the MC14500B 1-bit microcontroller, which was the subject of a previous vacuum tube computer. People found the unusual architecture difficult to understand ...

[RetroBytes] nicely presents the curious history of the SPARC processor architecture. SPARC, short for Scalable Processor Architecture, defined some of the most commercially successful RISC ...

DSP DesignLine (April 20, 2009) Much is made in marketing literature of the energy efficiency of different processor architectures. The power consumption of the processor is relevant but a small ...

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