| ??? 09/11/07 03:24 Modified: 09/11/07 03:26 Read: times |
#144353 - processor controller, where is the difference? Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Erik said:
The '51 is a microprocessor and not a microcontroller that fact and the fact it is an 8 bit device makes floting poinbg slow and core intensive. "Microprocessor" or "microcontroller" are artifical words without a distinct meaning. Neither the microprocessor nor the microcontroller are mathematical machines. Both have an ALU, but the microcontroller also has some counters and other stuff suited for certain controlling applications. But you can also handle controlling applications with a microprocessor. I don't think it's very meaningful to distinct between "microcontroller" and "microprocessor". First, all these 8085, Z80, 6502 were microprocessors, then Intel added a counter and called the thingy a microcontroller. But are they really different? Hardly... Kai |
| Topic | Author | Date |
| FP FAQ edits needed | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Choosing an appropriate order of magnitude | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| excuse me? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| thx, I GOOFED | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| next version tannks Jan & Andy | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| scaling | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Certainly not! | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| some inspiration | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| processor <-> controller, where is the difference? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| the subtle differences are... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| terminology taken too strictly | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| controller/processor removed, FAQ inserted. | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Well, there's the "standard" definition ... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Of course, but makes this the one being a ... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| let's put it in this way | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
quoting myself | 01/01/70 00:00 |