microprocessor
Noun
The entire CPU of a computer on a single integrated circuit (chip).
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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.
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 single FPGA.
Noun
integrated circuit semiconductor chip that performs the bulk of the processing and controls the parts of a system
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a microprocessor functions as the central processing unit of a microcomputer
a disk drive contains a microprocessor to handle the internal functions of the drive
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microprocessorsmicro-processor