In my previous article, Understanding the Microprocessor, I gave a high-level overview of what a microprocessor is and how it functions. I talked about the kinds of tasks it performs and the different ...

When you first learn about digital logic, it probably seems like it is easy. You learn about AND and OR gates and figure that’s not very hard. However, going from a few basic gates to something like a ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Swedish startup Xelerated Packet Devices said it will defy conventional wisdom by introducing a fully pipelined network processor that operates at 40-Gbit/second wire speed by next ...

The processor we will be considering in this tutorial is the MIPS processor. The MIPS processor, designed in 1984 by researchers at Stanford University, is a RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer) ...

Processor extensibility with an external hardware module like FPGA or DSP core isn’t a new concept. However, there are no existing hardware solutions that allow the addition of extensions when a ...

In this post, we will explain what is a computer CPU pipeline. CPU (an abbreviation of the Central Processing Unit) is an important part of the computer that functions like a brain. And we already ...

Selecting the right DSP for a particular application involves much more analysis than simply selecting the one that touts the highest clock speeds or the one that offers the most arithmetic resources.

Description: In this course, students will learn to design a uniprocessor computer system, including processor datapath, processor control, memory systems, and I/O. The course provides a thorough and ...