Chuck Peddle, the patriarch of the 6502 microprocessor, died recently. Most people don’t know the effect that he and his team of engineers had on their lives. We often take the world of ...

You’d think that the 8086 microprocessor, a 40-year-old chip with ... But as [Ken Shirriff] discovered, reverse engineering the chip from die photos reveals some hidden depths.

This chapter discusses how completed die are packaged for use ... This was true for even the earliest microprocessors, so all processors require some type of packaging. The package first and foremost ...

This feature is designed to allow customers to take advantage of the very latest ColdFire core microprocessor design methodologies -- providing benefits such as lower power dissipation and smaller die ...