Electronic Design

How a Dumb Move Spawned the x86 and Kickstarted the PC Revolution

The history of Intel’s 8008 processor. Insight into the x86 architecture. Lasting legacy with modern applications. Computer Terminal Corporation (now defunct Datapoint) launched the DataPoint 3300 ...
IEEE

A New IEEE Milestone: Development of the BELLMAC-32 Microprocessors, 1976–1982 [A New IEEE Milestone]

Abstract: On 17 February 2025, the IEEE Board of Directors designated the BELLMAC-32 development as a historic milestone. Commemorative plaques will be placed on the walls of Nokia Bell Labs, Murray ...
IEEE

An Error-Resilient RISC-V Microprocessor With a Fully Integrated DC–DC Voltage Regulator for Near-Threshold Operation in 28-nm CMOS

Abstract: This article presents an energy-efficient microprocessor design that fully integrates an error-resilient RISC-V core and an embedded dc–dc switched-capacitor voltage regulator (SCVR). The ...
Montrose Daily Press

Growing microprocessors instead of wheat? As energy-thirsty data centers move into rural areas, communities wrestle with questions of economics, environment & culture

Editor's note: As large data centers increasingly move into rural areas, issues of economics and environment, as well as culture, intertwine. This story about a potential such hyperscale data center ...