microprocessor
The entire CPU of a computer on a single integrated circuit (chip).
Noun
- The entire CPU of a computer on a single integrated circuit (chip).
- When the microprocessor decodes the JSR opcode, it stores the operand into the TEMP register and pushes the current contents of the PC ($00 0128) onto the stack. - 1992, Michael A. Miller, The 68000 Microprocessor...
- When you think of current microprocessors (μPs), the Intel Itanium processor with 592 million transistors may come to mind. […] Clearly today's FPGAs will not be able to implement such a top-of-the-range μP with a...
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós)der. English micro- English processor English microprocessor From micro- + processor.