In terms of the cost & area of silicon-proven DT8051, not just other 8-bit MCUs, but also a 32-bit processor licensing comes close – says Tomek Krzyzak, the Vice President of Digital Core Design.

[c0pperdragon] set himself the task of designing a very capable 8-bit CPU using just 74HC type logic chips on a large plug-in breadboard. To emphasize the “bread” theme, he put the whole thing ...