Not content with your new, 1.4-billion-transistor Ivy Bridge processor? Maybe it runs too hot, or lacks the polygon-pushing powers that you require? Well, I've got just the thing for you: How about ...

This is part of the Do You Recognize This series in the Electronic History section of our Series Library. We have come a long way since the Intel 8008 was released in April of 1972. The early 8-bit ...

Hullo all, I have been dreaming for a while about building a simple computer based on an 8 bit proccessor. I know that an 8 bit proccessor is not much, but this is a hobby to help me greator ...

Most people’s memories of programming in the 8-bit era revolve around BASIC, and not without reason. Most of the time, it was ...

A man has gone viral after building a fully functional 8-bit computer out of K’Nex. In a video that has now amassed over 112,000 views, Kyle, known online as Shadowman39, debuted the Arithmetic and ...

The Zilog Z80 microprocessor is an 8-bit chip that was first released in the 1970s and used in a variety of classic computers and game consoles including the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, TRS-80, and Sega ...

The Youtuber Shadowman39 has built a functional, mechanical 8-bit computer with the construction toy for roller coasters and towers K'nex. The machine can process binary numbers between 0 and 255 or ...

The YouTuber Shadowman39 used the children’s plastic construction set K’NEX as the basis for a full-fledged 8-bit computer. The mechanical model created by the YouTuber is capable of performing ...

Scott Baker] is at it again and this time he has built a 4-bit single board computer based on the Intel 4004 microprocessor. In the board design [Scott] covers the CPU (both the Intel 4004 and ...