There are many different ways in which we could implement our 4-Bit Chewy Computer — here are a few possibilities for you to peruse and ponder In my previous column on this topic — “Building a 4-Bit ...

Pocket computers like Sharp’s 8-bit computing marvels were a big part of the 1980s, providing super-portable processing power to anyone who wanted a bit more than what something like a scientific ...

The main goals for this educational computer for kids are to keep it simple and keep it entertaining (also, it has to look Steampunk) As I mentioned in my “High-Tech, Low-Tech, No-Tech” column, I ...

Although largely relegated to retrocomputing enthusiasts and embedded systems or microcontrollers now, there was a time when there were no other computers available other than those with 8-bit ...

Eight bits make up a byte, so four bits are called a nibble. Computer engineers have a funny sense of humor. Ms Tech | Wellcome Collection Deep learning is an inefficient energy hog. It requires ...

I've got a shelf full of computer history books, many of which I love and have reread several times. But I wanted to write one that focused on the first real computer I grew up with, the one that ...