How to Use microprocessor in a Sentence

microprocessor

noun
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  • Because of the microprocessors, no two Pixies are alike.
    — Elaheh Nozari, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Dec. 2017
  • The technology, used in some iPhone and iPads, was a microprocessor that performed tasks faster.
    — Sarah Hauer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 July 2017
  • The microprocessor packs 9 billion transistors onto a chip in a small package that can power all of a car’s self-driving features.
    — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2018
  • Step 4: Five microprocessors—three to control motion, one for dimming, and one that serves as the brain, which controls the vision system.
    — Dan Dubno, Popular Mechanics, 2 Aug. 2017
  • The cause of the new public relations crisis is the disclosure last week of two new ways to filch data from the microprocessors inside nearly all of the world’s computers.
    — Don Clark, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2018
  • A microprocessor in the dryer’s side regulates temperature and reduces heat damage to your hair, thus eliminating the biggest threat to your its health.
    — Adam Hurly, GQ, 25 Aug. 2017
  • Those microprocessors control everything from the car’s engine to its adaptive suspension system.
    — Paul A. Eisenstein, NBC News, 9 Oct. 2017
  • Our planet has grown a new sensory organ, a diffuse and orbital mycelium of detectors, radio transmissions and microprocessors.
    — David Grinspoon, The Atlantic, 30 Aug. 2017
  • The 4-bit and 8-bit microprocessors were new at the time.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 27 May 2023
  • If a phone were a PC, the microprocessor inside of it would be front and center.
    — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 5 Dec. 2018
  • It is not known whether the microprocessor played a role in either crash.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 29 June 2019
  • Sam Kang Zeloof is working on the Z3, a chip that will be capable of adding 1 + 1, as a step to a full microprocessor.
    — Tom Simonite, Wired, 20 Jan. 2022
  • Sources familiar with the testing process told CNN Business this week that the new problem is a failure of a microprocessor that could push the nose of the plane toward the ground.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 29 June 2019
  • John and my idea was, in this fast-changing microprocessor, let’s do the opposite.
    — Eric Johnson, Recode, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Video signals sent into the disk controller are read by the microprocessor.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 2 July 2023
  • Likewise, in the second prototype, the disk drives were controlled by the main microprocessor.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 2 July 2023
  • The sensors on nine of those 10 tags wouldn't communicate with their microprocessors, due to a firmware issue.
    — The Arizona Republic, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Start with the most valuable components that make up an iPhone: the touch-screen display, memory chips, microprocessors and so on.
    — Greg Linden, The Conversation, 25 June 2019
  • Now there's a new breed of neural net that can run entirely on cheap, low-power microprocessors.
    — Clive Thompson, Wired, 21 Jan. 2020
  • In 1977, after decades of research, the first microprocessor knee was released.
    — Jothy Rosenberg, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • For one, although the microprocessor is built on a substrate of flexible plastic, it was tested on a flat--not bendy--surface.
    — Christopher Intagliata, Scientific American, 24 Aug. 2021
  • The units, which include a camera and microprocessor, record when curb space is occupied near the shop and relay that information to the drivers.
    — Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2020
  • The hard part was finding one, due to a global shortage of microprocessor chips that has slashed auto production worldwide.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Zilog had quickly captured the midrange microprocessor market with its Z80 CPU.
    — Benj Edwards, PCWorld, 8 June 2018
  • Fifty years ago this November, America’s Intel laid the foundation of the digital era with the 4004, the world’s first microprocessor.
    — Rich Karlgaard, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021
  • The issue was so troublesome that Sapphire Rapids, the code name for the microprocessor, had to be delayed — the latest in a series of setbacks for one of Intel’s most important products in years.
    — Don Clark, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Well, in this fast-changing microprocessor, let’s do the opposite.
    — Recode Staff, Recode, 17 May 2018
  • The system features an all-weather shield, secure locking bracket, state-of-the-art microprocessors, and a tough Lexan housing.
    — Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 28 Apr. 2023
  • High-speed, high-capacity memory chips hold and quickly shuttle data to a computer’s microprocessor, which converts it into text, sound and images.
    — Steve Lohr, New York Times, 16 May 2024
  • With the rise of digital capabilities, starting with the microprocessor, states began to rely on smart weapons, networked sensors, and autonomous platforms for their militaries.
    — Jacquelyn Schneider, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021

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