A: Fundamentals of Single-chip MicrocomputerThe single-chip microcomputer is the culmination of both the development of the digital computer and the integrated circuit arguably the tow most significant inventions of the 20th century These tow types of architecture are found in single-chip microcomputer
Some employ the split program/data memory of the Harvard architecture, shown in Fig
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In general terms a single-chip microcomputer is characterized by the incorporation of all the units of a computer into a single device, as shown in Fig3-5A-3
3-5A-1 A Harvard type Fig