We recently looked at the origins of the integrated circuit (IC) and the calculator, which was the IC’s first killer app, but a surprise twist is that the calculator played a big part in the invention ...

miRNAs are ~22-nt RNAs that play a major part in the regulation of gene expression in most eukaryotic species. In humans, miRNAs are thought to post-transcriptionally repress at least 60% of mRNAs by ...

Microprocessors are computer processors containing logic, arithmetic, and control circuitry needed for a computer’s CPU to function correctly. In essence, a microprocessor is a multipurpose, ...

The advent of microcomputers in the 1970s has dramatically changed our society. Since then, microprocessors have been made almost exclusively from silicon, but the ever-increasing demand for higher ...

Choosing the appropriate device as the foundation for your new design can be overwhelming. The need to make the right balance of price, performance, and power consumption has many implications.

1 RNA and T cell Biology, St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, VIC, Australia 2 Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia The Microprocessor is an ...

The brain of an embedded device, which is the processing unit, is a key determinant of the success or failure of the device in accomplishing the task(s) for which it is designed. The processing unit ...

The Birth of the Microprocessor The Intel 4004 is considered the first microprocessor, but its creation by Intel came down to a combination of hard work, the right timing, and just plain luck.