The three key areas of difference between microprocessors and microcontrollers are hardware structure, application area, and instruction set characteristics.

Keil is a market leader in software development tools for the 8051- and ARM-based microcontrollers. The enhancements to the Keil PK51 toolchain enable embedded software developers to make full use of ...

Boasting of a 50x performance gain over original 8051 microcontrollers and a six-fold gain over the next-fastest 8051s, the DS89C420 is said to be the first 8051-compatible controller ...