Princeton University

Tool for checking complex computer architectures reveals flaws in emerging design

With backing from some of the largest technology companies, a major project called RISC-V seeks to facilitate open-source design for computer chips, offering the possibility of opening chip designs ...
EDN

Instruction Set Architecture

Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) is a set of instructions defined for the processor’s architecture. These are the instructions that the processor understands. It defines the hardware and software ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Instruction Set Architecture (ISA)

An instruction set architecture (ISA) defines the set of basic operations a computer must support. This includes the functional definition of operations and precise descriptions of how to invoke and ...
Electronic Design

Renesas adds 50 32-bit MCUs

Renesas Technology America (www.america.renesas.com) added 50 devices to its R32C/100 series of 32-bit microcontrollers, which are built around the R32C/100 32-bit CPU core at the high end of Renesas’ ...
Electronic Design

Renesas’ 32-bit CISC MCU targets instrument clusters

Renesas Technology America Inc. has introduced the H8SX/1544F, a 32-bit complex instruction set computer (CISC) microcontroller for automotive applications including high-performance instrumental ...
EDN

Renesas boosts throughput of 32-bit CISC MCUs

San Jose, Calif.—Renesas Technology America Inc. announced the H8SX/1700 microcontroller series, featuring an enhanced H8SX 32-bit CISC (Complex Instruction Set Computer) CPU core with a higher ...