We see many 16-bit retrocomputers around here based on Intel and Intel-like chips such as the 8086, 8088, V20, and similar. While they don’t seem very powerful by today’s standards, they were ...

A new family of microcontrollers (MCUs) —the PIC24FJ128GC010 -- is an analog system on chip that integrates an on-chip precision 16-bit ADC and 10 Msps 12-bit ADC, plus a DAC and dual operational ...

Given its low profile in the United States, the TurboGrafx-16 might seem like a weird choice for a microconsole. If you’re at all familiar with NEC and Hudson Soft’s proto-16-bit system, though, you ...

The Amiga was born a game machine, but it entered a world where the video game industry was well-established and changing rapidly. This in-depth report looks back at the early Amiga game scene, and is ...

Operating systems (OS) are the intermediary between computer hardware and software, an essential piece of any digital device. Much like an orchestra conductor, they ensure harmonious communication ...

Editor's note – Chuck is responding to a question I posedabout 8-bit MCUs in a recentedition of the Focus on MCU newsletter: “What are your thoughts on8-bit versus 16-bit versus 32-bit MCUs?” Why, yes ...

In the fourth console generation, we started getting 16-bit games, released on globally renowned systems like the Super Nintendo and the Sega Genesis, known as the Mega Drive worldwide. There were ...