Motorola, Inc.'s Semiconductor Products Sector (SPS) is delivering the first device from its MPC5500 family to the automotive market. Based on the PowerPC architecture, the MPC5554 32-bit embedded ...

Microchip Technology, a fast-growing Chandler-based semiconductor company, has passed Motorola to become the world’s largest supplier of 8-bit microcontrollers, a key device used in many household ...

East Kilbride, Scotland Two dominant driving forces for the development of 8- and 16-bit microcontrollers are memory size and cost–purchasers are demanding more memory for less cost. Generally, ...

Eight-bit microcontrollers-called that because they operate on data eight bits at a time-continue to dominate the microcontroller market, although 32-bit controllers are showing faster market growth.