Expect new chips, software tools at Embedded Systems; Fujitsu, National Semi, and Siemens to showcase RISC processors, microcontrollers. (the Embedded Systems Conference)

EDN, September, 1991 by Weiss, Ray

SANTA CLARA, CA--Microprocessor and software vendors previously content to focus on general-purpose computer makers will face off at next week's Embedded Systems Conference here. Although numerous 16- and 32-bit processor designs will be introduced, the focus will be on software and related development tools.

Both sides of the processor-architecture debate agree that high-level language programming is on the rise. Specifically, vendors report, languages such as C are becoming common even on 8- and 16-bit prts, and are a necessity on larger 32-bit processors. Finally, the 80X86-based computer continues to gain stature as a development platform. Meanwhile, the complex instruction-set computer (CISC) versus reduced instruction-set computer (RISC)...

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