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mi·cro·proc·es·sor
/ ˌmīkrəˈpräsesər; -ˈprōˌsesər/
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n.
an integrated circuit that contains all the functions of a central processing unit of a computer.
DERIVATIVES:
mi·cro·proc·ess·ing n.
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Microprocessor as digital brain in PC
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 4/8/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...development of Intel microprocessors. Where can you find the microprocessor? If you open...and Pentium microprocessors. The Pentium II microprocessor is somewhat...size that the microprocessor comes in, all microprocessors basically...
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Microprocessor Wars Could Mean Lower System Prices
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/5/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...now the world of microprocessors is getting competitive...from the standard microprocessors they have used for...whole new species of microprocessor, called the RISC...own PCs use Intel microprocessors. But now, another...successful 80386 microprocessor, the chip in most...
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Troubleshooting microprocessors.(REFRIGERATION ZONE: the professor)
Magazine article from: Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News; 3/6/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...encounter the microprocessor in their daily...manufacturers are using microprocessors more and more...outputs) to the microprocessor are detached from the microprocessor, an ohmmeter...safely used. Microprocessors are fed with...
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Microprocessors: what designers want from them. (Microprocessor issue supplement)
Magazine article from: EDN; 10/27/1988; ; 700+ words
; MICROPROCESSORS: What designers want...designers want in the microprocessors they use. That...concerns about the microprocessors they use. Table 4...s survey rank 27 microprocessor characteristics in...
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Microprocessors: the brains in cars' central nervous systems. (Microprocessor issue supplement)
Magazine article from: EDN; 10/27/1988; ; 700+ words
; ...conditions. Microprocessors have allowed...first automotive microprocessor, vehicle electronics...more powerful microprocessors. Ford's first...on a Toshiba microprocessor, governed spark...potential of microprocessors for mastering...to come under microprocessor control. Anti...
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Microprocessor Report Announces Short List for Prestigious New Technology Award; Finalists Include Intel, Compaq, Sony, Toshiba, IBM, Sun, and HAL.
PR Newswire; 1/17/2000; 700+ words
; ...MicroDesign Resources (MDR), publisher of Microprocessor Report, today announced the finalists for its first annual Microprocessor Report Technology Award. Recognizing the most promising microprocessor technology disclosed in 1999, the new...
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Future microprocessors: fast & fantastic. (Microprocessor issue supplement)
Magazine article from: EDN; 10/27/1988; ; 700+ words
; ...expect from the microprocessors of the future...critical juncture in microprocessor development at...history, RISC microprocessors have exhibited...Rick Rasmussen, microprocessor group marketing...with the 29000 microprocessor. Paul Chu...predicts that RISC microprocessors will ...
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Microprocessor Theory and Applications with 68000/68020 and Pentium.
M2 Presswire; 2/3/2009; 700+ words
; ...introduction to microprocessor theory and applications...with typical microprocessors, such as the...an overview of microprocessors--including...evolution of the microprocessor, and typical...Introduction to Microprocessors. -2. Microcomputer...Architecture. -3. Microprocessor Memory ...
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MOTOROLA, IBM INTRODUCE POWERPC 620 MICROPROCESSOR FOR SERVER AND HIGH-END WORKSTATION MARKET; ANOTHER DESIGN MILESTONE FOR ALLIANCE
PR Newswire; 10/18/1994; 700+ words
; ...PowerPC 620 microprocessor will outperform...competing microprocessors -- capturing...workstation microprocessors and the PowerPC 603 microprocessor is designed...PowerPC 620 microprocessor completes...of PowerPC microprocessors, Somerset...
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Motorola Announces First Microprocessor Manufactured in Next-Generation Process Technology
PR Newswire; 6/30/1997; 700+ words
; ...PowerPC 604e microprocessor and future PowerPC microprocessors. PowerPC...higher-speed microprocessors. Both APRDL...PowerPC 604e Microprocessor At 250 MHz...PowerPC 604e microprocessor is a 32...604 line of microprocessors which was...
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Microprocessor
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of E-Commerce
MICROPROCESSOR Microprocessors are silicon...terms CPU and microprocessor often are...Essentially, microprocessors are responsible...How Microprocessors Work." Intel...Available from . "Microprocessor." Ecommerce...
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microprocessor
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...a chip, the microprocessor becomes the heart...microcomputer. Microprocessors are classified...the 1970s, the microprocessor became most visible...personal computer . Microprocessors also play supporting...vast majority of microprocessors are used to control...weapons. The ...
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Intel Corp
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of E-Commerce
...released an eight-bit microprocessor known as the 8008...first general purpose microprocessor, which quickly became...FROM MEMORY CHIPS TO MICROPROCESSORS In August of 1981...with a Cyrix Corp. microprocessor for less than $1000...their less expensive microprocessors. Eventually, Intel...
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Intel Corporation
Book article from: Computer Sciences
...introduced the model 4004 microprocessor, which sold for $200...In 1972 the model 8008 microprocessor featured 3,500 transistors...selected the Intel 8088 microprocessor to run its first desktop...chip market to focus on microprocessors and, under the leadership...
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Bio-Flips
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security
...normally expected). Microprocessors that can reconfigure...in bio-flip like microprocessors should improve genotype...Advances in bio-flip microprocessors depend on advances in both microprocessor design and microfabrication...
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