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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Our prototype lactate fuel cell generated around a milliwatt, enough to successfully power the radio, a small microprocessor, and peripheral components, including a temperature sensor and voltage converter.
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Long needed: more than 1.5 trillion chips are manufactured worldwide each year, and America’s share has sunk to 12%, and even lower in advanced microprocessors.
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These tech giants recognize that the next generation of microprocessors to be used for AI calculations at data centers will require oodles of electricity to power and cool them.
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That group has designed a custom, fully digital chip that contains 18 ARM microprocessor cores operating with a clock speed of 200 megahertz—about a tenth the speed of modern CPUs.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2017
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Patrick Mercier, IEEE Spectrum, 18 June 2020
Long needed: more than 1.5 trillion chips are manufactured worldwide each year, and America’s share has sunk to 12%, and even lower in advanced microprocessors.
—Eli Amdur, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
These tech giants recognize that the next generation of microprocessors to be used for AI calculations at data centers will require oodles of electricity to power and cool them.
—Michael Riordan, Scientific American, 31 Jan. 2025
That group has designed a custom, fully digital chip that contains 18 ARM microprocessor cores operating with a clock speed of 200 megahertz—about a tenth the speed of modern CPUs.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2017
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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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