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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Consider again Moore’s Law: performance of microprocessors doubles every twenty-four months and multiplies tenfold around every eighty months.
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Will Daniel, Fortune, 9 July 2024
And in those tiny but vital microprocessors lies the battle for global supremacy between China and the US.
—Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 3 July 2024
Having sought out the microprocessor white space and gaining deep knowledge of a new technology gave me a leg up on others, even in a place as technologically strong as IBM.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 June 2024
And they could be made in much the same way as another then burgeoning technology, the microprocessor chip, so the manufacturing process was already largely in place.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 7 June 2024
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Will Daniel, Fortune, 9 July 2024
And in those tiny but vital microprocessors lies the battle for global supremacy between China and the US.
—Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 3 July 2024
Having sought out the microprocessor white space and gaining deep knowledge of a new technology gave me a leg up on others, even in a place as technologically strong as IBM.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 June 2024
And they could be made in much the same way as another then burgeoning technology, the microprocessor chip, so the manufacturing process was already largely in place.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 7 June 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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