Editing Microcontroller (section)

== Types ==
{{See also|List of common microcontrollers}}

{{As of|2008}}, there are several dozen microcontroller architectures and vendors including:
* [[ARM architecture|ARM]] core processors (many vendors)
** [[ARM Cortex-M]] cores are specifically targeted toward microcontroller applications
* [[Microchip Technology]] [[Atmel AVR]] (8-bit), [[AVR32]] (32-bit), and [[AT91SAM]] (32-bit)
* [[Cypress Semiconductor]]'s M8C core used in their [[Cypress PSoC]]
* [[Freescale ColdFire]] (32-bit) and [[Freescale S08|S08]] (8-bit)
* [[Freescale 68HC11]] (8-bit), and others [[List of Freescale products|based on the Motorola 6800 family]]
* [[Intel 8051]], also manufactured by [[NXP Semiconductors]], Infineon and many others
* [[List of common microcontrollers#Infineon|Infineon]]: [[XC800|8-bit XC800]], [[XE166 family|16-bit XE166]], [[Infineon XMC4000|32-bit XMC4000]] (ARM based Cortex M4F), [[TriCore|32-bit TriCore]] and, [[Aurix|32-bit Aurix]] Tricore Bit microcontrollers<ref>[http://www.infineon.com/mcu www.infineon.com/mcu]</ref>
* [[Maxim Integrated]] MAX32600, MAX32620, MAX32625, MAX32630, MAX32650, MAX32640
* [[MIPS architecture|MIPS]]
* [[Microchip Technology]] [[PIC microcontroller|PIC]], (8-bit PIC16, PIC18, 16-bit dsPIC33 / PIC24), (32-bit PIC32)
* [[NXP Semiconductors]] LPC1000, LPC2000, LPC3000, LPC4000 (32-bit), LPC900, LPC700 (8-bit)
* [[Parallax Propeller]]
* [[PowerPC]] ISE
* [[Rabbit 2000]] (8-bit)
* [[Renesas Electronics]]: [[RL78|RL78 16-bit MCU]]; [[RX Microcontroller Family|RX 32-bit MCU]]; [[SuperH]]; [[V850|V850 32-bit MCU]]; [[H8 Family|H8]]; [[R8C|R8C 16-bit MCU]]
* [[Silicon Laboratories]] Pipelined 8-bit 8051 microcontrollers and mixed-signal ARM-based 32-bit microcontrollers
* [[STMicroelectronics]] [[STM8]] (8-bit), [[ST10]] (16-bit), [[STM32]] (32-bit), [http://www.st.com/en/automotive-microcontrollers/spc5-32-bit-automotive-mcus.html?querycriteria=productId=SC963 SPC5] (automotive 32-bit)
* [[Texas Instruments#Microcontrollers|Texas Instruments]] [[MSP430|TI MSP430]] (16-bit), [http://www.ti.com/msp432 MSP432] (32-bit), [[TMS320|C2000]] (32-bit)
* [[Toshiba TLCS|Toshiba TLCS-870]] (8-bit/16-bit)

Many others exist, some of which are used in very narrow range of applications or are more like applications processors than microcontrollers. The microcontroller market is extremely fragmented, with numerous vendors, technologies, and markets. Note that many vendors sell or have sold multiple architectures.