Microprocessor
noun
A small electronic device inside a computer that acts like a brain by processing instructions.
The microprocessor is an essential component in modern computers.
Often appears as...
- microprocessor architecture
- microprocessor speed
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Technical
noun
A small electronic device inside a computer that acts like a brain by processing instructions.
The microprocessor is an essential component in modern computers.
Often appears as...
- microprocessor architecture
- microprocessor speed
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Core Function
The microprocessor performs calculations and tasks to run programs and systems.
Your smartphone's microprocessor handles millions of operations every second.
Pro Tip 2/3Technological Evolution
Microprocessors have evolved, becoming faster and more powerful over time.
Game consoles now use advanced microprocessors for realistic graphics.
Pro Tip 3/3Industry-specific Usage
The term is common in tech-related fields, like computer engineering and electronics.
She's studying how microprocessor design improves computing systems.
Pro Tip 1/3Core Function
The microprocessor performs calculations and tasks to run programs and systems.
Your smartphone's microprocessor handles millions of operations every second.
Pro Tip 2/3Technological Evolution
Microprocessors have evolved, becoming faster and more powerful over time.
Game consoles now use advanced microprocessors for realistic graphics.
Pro Tip 3/3Industry-specific Usage
The term is common in tech-related fields, like computer engineering and electronics.
She's studying how microprocessor design improves computing systems.
Pro Tip 1/3Core Function
The microprocessor performs calculations and tasks to run programs and systems.
Your smartphone's microprocessor handles millions of operations every second.
Pro Tip 2/3Technological Evolution
Microprocessors have evolved, becoming faster and more powerful over time.
Game consoles now use advanced microprocessors for realistic graphics.
Pro Tip 3/3Industry-specific Usage
The term is common in tech-related fields, like computer engineering and electronics.
She's studying how microprocessor design improves computing systems.
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Tiny robots with giant...
Now, in our world, the macro world, this thing looks like it might be a new microprocessor or something. But if you take that chip and you put it under a microscope, what you're going to see are thousands and thousands of tiny robots. Now, these robots are still stuck down. They're still attached to the surface that we built them on.
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Jeff Hawkins: How brain...
probably aren't going to turn. We can also do intelligent security systems. Anytime we're basically using our brain but not doing a lot of mechanics -- those are the things that will happen first. But ultimately, the world's the limit. I don't know how this will turn out. I know a lot of people who invented the microprocessor.
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Why a sausage can do...
which induces a weak electric current that travels through your finger and eventually back into the phone. This changes the amount of charge at the affected nodes. And voltage measurements along the second layer of lines tell the phone’s microprocessor which part of the screen is being touched.
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Bill Gross: Great ideas...
These petals cost about a dollar each -- they're lightweight, injection-molded plastic, aluminized. The mechanism to control each petal is below there, with a microprocessor on each one. There are thermocouples on the engine -- little sensors that detect the heat when the sunlight strikes them.
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Danny Hillis: Back to...
some other technology, say transportation technology, on a semi-log curve, it would look very stupid, it would look like a flat line. But when something like this happens, things are qualitatively changing. So if transportation technology was moving along as fast as microprocessor technology,
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Innovating to zero! PIPE...
The microprocessor is a miracle. The personal computer is a miracle. The Internet and its services are a miracle. So the people here have participated in the creation of many miracles. Usually, we don't have a deadline where you have to get the miracle by a certain date.
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Krista Donaldson: The...
is a bamboo staff to get around. And how big a problem is this? There's over three million amputees every year who need a new or replacement knee. And what are their options? This is a high-end. This is what we'd call a "smart knee." It's got a microprocessor inside.
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Hector Ruiz: The power...
are based on AMD technology; it's a microprocessor. But to give you an idea how creative this group of people can be, one of the objectives of the One Laptop per Child is to be able to achieve a 10-hour battery life. Because it was felt that a school day
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George Dyson: The birth...
Reports were issued, so that this machine was cloned at 15 other places around the world. And it really was. It was the original microprocessor. All the computers now are copies of that machine. The memory was in cathode ray tubes --
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Design and future...
well thank you so according to the American microprocessor Association this year we will produce more transistors the individual components that go into today's electronics then individual
Video examples
Tiny robots with giant...
Now, in our world, the macro world, this thing looks like it might be a new microprocessor or something. But if you take that chip and you put it under a microscope, what you're going to see are thousands and thousands of tiny robots. Now, these robots are still stuck down. They're still attached to the surface that we built them on.
Video examples
Jeff Hawkins: How brain...
probably aren't going to turn. We can also do intelligent security systems. Anytime we're basically using our brain but not doing a lot of mechanics -- those are the things that will happen first. But ultimately, the world's the limit. I don't know how this will turn out. I know a lot of people who invented the microprocessor.
Video examples
Why a sausage can do...
which induces a weak electric current that travels through your finger and eventually back into the phone. This changes the amount of charge at the affected nodes. And voltage measurements along the second layer of lines tell the phone’s microprocessor which part of the screen is being touched.
Video examples
Bill Gross: Great ideas...
These petals cost about a dollar each -- they're lightweight, injection-molded plastic, aluminized. The mechanism to control each petal is below there, with a microprocessor on each one. There are thermocouples on the engine -- little sensors that detect the heat when the sunlight strikes them.
Video examples
Danny Hillis: Back to...
some other technology, say transportation technology, on a semi-log curve, it would look very stupid, it would look like a flat line. But when something like this happens, things are qualitatively changing. So if transportation technology was moving along as fast as microprocessor technology,
Video examples
Innovating to zero! PIPE...
The microprocessor is a miracle. The personal computer is a miracle. The Internet and its services are a miracle. So the people here have participated in the creation of many miracles. Usually, we don't have a deadline where you have to get the miracle by a certain date.
Video examples
Krista Donaldson: The...
is a bamboo staff to get around. And how big a problem is this? There's over three million amputees every year who need a new or replacement knee. And what are their options? This is a high-end. This is what we'd call a "smart knee." It's got a microprocessor inside.
Video examples
Hector Ruiz: The power...
are based on AMD technology; it's a microprocessor. But to give you an idea how creative this group of people can be, one of the objectives of the One Laptop per Child is to be able to achieve a 10-hour battery life. Because it was felt that a school day
Video examples
George Dyson: The birth...
Reports were issued, so that this machine was cloned at 15 other places around the world. And it really was. It was the original microprocessor. All the computers now are copies of that machine. The memory was in cathode ray tubes --
Video examples
Design and future...
well thank you so according to the American microprocessor Association this year we will produce more transistors the individual components that go into today's electronics then individual
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Rodney Brooks
Australian Scientist
Computers sort of came around through games and toys. And you know, the first computer most people had in the house may have been a computer to play 'Pong,' a little microprocessor embedded, and then other games that came after that.
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Vaclav Smil
Czechoslovakian Scientist
A brilliant mind having a eureka moment could not create an Intel microprocessor containing a billion transistors any more than one person could dream up a Boeing 787 from scratch.
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W. Daniel Hillis
American Inventor
If transportation technology was moving along as fast as microprocessor technology, then the day after tomorrow I would be able to get in a taxi cab and be in Tokyo in 30 seconds.
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Shiv Nadar
Indian Businessman
Even before the world had any cognizance of India as an economy, HCL had made a mark with its microprocessor in the '80s. HCL pioneered modern computing.
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Andy Grove
Hungarian Businessman
I was running an assembly line designed to build memory chips. I saw the microprocessor as a bloody nuisance.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
The microprocessor is a miracle.
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Rodney Brooks
Australian Scientist
Computers sort of came around through games and toys. And you know, the first computer most people had in the house may have been a computer to play 'Pong,' a little microprocessor embedded, and then other games that came after that.
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Vaclav Smil
Czechoslovakian Scientist
A brilliant mind having a eureka moment could not create an Intel microprocessor containing a billion transistors any more than one person could dream up a Boeing 787 from scratch.
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W. Daniel Hillis
American Inventor
If transportation technology was moving along as fast as microprocessor technology, then the day after tomorrow I would be able to get in a taxi cab and be in Tokyo in 30 seconds.
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Shiv Nadar
Indian Businessman
Even before the world had any cognizance of India as an economy, HCL had made a mark with its microprocessor in the '80s. HCL pioneered modern computing.
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Andy Grove
Hungarian Businessman
I was running an assembly line designed to build memory chips. I saw the microprocessor as a bloody nuisance.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
The microprocessor is a miracle.
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