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Redesigning the Architecture of the 8051All Programmable Planet - Jacek Hanke, CEO, Digital Core DesignJul. 02, 2012 |
As you may recall, in my previous column, I started to consider why the 30-year-old eight-bit 8051 microcontroller remains a valuable player in the embedded systems game. The days, months, and years go by, but this tiny microcontroller remains incredibly popular.
After that column, many members of All Programmable Planet posted comments or sent emails asking how was it possible for us to redesign the architecture to achieve such high performance improvements. Sadly, I have to say that much of this information is classified. If I were to tell you, my colleagues might cause me some bodily harm. On the other hand, I know that if I don't explain something about what we did to achieve the world's fastest 8051, you (or more likely Max, our editor in chief) will make my life painful, so here's at least part of the story.
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