microprocessor
noun
mi·cro·pro·ces·sor
ˌmī-krō-ˈprä-ˌse-sər 
-ˈprō-
: a computer processor contained on an integrated-circuit chip
also
: such a processor with memory and associated circuits
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As part of the policies, the Beijing government will do away with U.S. microprocessors from Intel and AMD, the Financial Times reported.
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Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 24 Mar. 2024
What Burn Book makes clear is that just like microprocessors, oddball founders, and VC pitch decks, Swisher is part of the firmament of the technology industry.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2024
Intel had invented microprocessors only four years earlier.
—Andy Kessler, WSJ, 31 Dec. 2023
The electromechanical movement is equipped with a microprocessor specially designed to conserve energy.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2024
East Asian manufacturers such as Taiwan’s TSMC and South Korea’s Samsung have emerged as leaders, with a near-complete duopoly on the advanced microprocessors that power high-consumption tech like virtual reality and artificial intelligence.
—Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2024
After several years working in engineering, including as a microprocessor designer, Huang cofounded Nvidia in 1993 at another roadside Denny’s in East San Jose—while eating, not serving.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2024
This act of collegial generosity coincided with microprocessor revolution, so that professors, budding programmers and emerging computer companies had a free, easy-to-use language to utilize.
—Michael S. Rosenwald, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024
Consider also the case of Gilbert Hyatt, inventor of the first single-chip microprocessor back in 1990.
—K. Lloyd Billingsley, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 24 Mar. 2024
What Burn Book makes clear is that just like microprocessors, oddball founders, and VC pitch decks, Swisher is part of the firmament of the technology industry.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2024
Intel had invented microprocessors only four years earlier.
—Andy Kessler, WSJ, 31 Dec. 2023
The electromechanical movement is equipped with a microprocessor specially designed to conserve energy.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2024
East Asian manufacturers such as Taiwan’s TSMC and South Korea’s Samsung have emerged as leaders, with a near-complete duopoly on the advanced microprocessors that power high-consumption tech like virtual reality and artificial intelligence.
—Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2024
After several years working in engineering, including as a microprocessor designer, Huang cofounded Nvidia in 1993 at another roadside Denny’s in East San Jose—while eating, not serving.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2024
This act of collegial generosity coincided with microprocessor revolution, so that professors, budding programmers and emerging computer companies had a free, easy-to-use language to utilize.
—Michael S. Rosenwald, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024
Consider also the case of Gilbert Hyatt, inventor of the first single-chip microprocessor back in 1990.
—K. Lloyd Billingsley, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
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microprocessor
noun
mi·cro·pro·ces·sor
ˌmī-krō-ˈpräs-ˌes-ər
-ˈprōs-
: a cpu contained on an integrated-circuit chip
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