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
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web So the company grew up with a sensibility around doing microprocessor designs that ran on batteries, and that was really the ethos about how the company was was started. 
Fortune Editors, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2022 To give one example: Amazon’s dominance is firmly anchored in hardware—from warehouses, trucks and aircraft, to fiber networks, hyperscale datacenters and, increasingly, robots and Amazon’s own game-changing microprocessor. Mark P. Mills, WSJ, 26 July 2022 Gelsinger has committed $80 billion to new factories and research over several years, an investment to help Intel overcome a series of technological lapses that delayed three successive generations of microprocessor. oregonlive, 28 Apr. 2022 Even before it was handed off, Jobs removed several components, including the microprocessor, from the device, which were likely repurposed for other Apple-1 Computers, RR Auction said. Michael Kan, PCMAG, 22 July 2022 Configurable microprocessor architectures that support this level of customization include the Synopsys ARC, RISC-V and Cadence Tensilica processors. Jim Mcgregor, Forbes, 24 June 2022 Zeloof now hopes to match the scale of Intel’s breakthrough 4004 chip from 1971, the first commercial microprocessor, which had 2,300 transistors and was used in calculators and other business machines. Tom Simonite, Wired, 20 Jan. 2022 In fact, the original Intel microprocessor, the 4004, was an ASIC project for Busicom that became a commercial product due to fortuitous circumstances. Steven Leibson, Forbes, 18 May 2022 The bacteria powered an Arm Cortex M0+ processor—a microprocessor widely used in the network of appliances connected to the internet, also called the Internet of Things (IoT), the authors explain in the study. Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2022 See More
Fortune Editors, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2022 To give one example: Amazon’s dominance is firmly anchored in hardware—from warehouses, trucks and aircraft, to fiber networks, hyperscale datacenters and, increasingly, robots and Amazon’s own game-changing microprocessor. Mark P. Mills, WSJ, 26 July 2022 Gelsinger has committed $80 billion to new factories and research over several years, an investment to help Intel overcome a series of technological lapses that delayed three successive generations of microprocessor. oregonlive, 28 Apr. 2022 Even before it was handed off, Jobs removed several components, including the microprocessor, from the device, which were likely repurposed for other Apple-1 Computers, RR Auction said. Michael Kan, PCMAG, 22 July 2022 Configurable microprocessor architectures that support this level of customization include the Synopsys ARC, RISC-V and Cadence Tensilica processors. Jim Mcgregor, Forbes, 24 June 2022 Zeloof now hopes to match the scale of Intel’s breakthrough 4004 chip from 1971, the first commercial microprocessor, which had 2,300 transistors and was used in calculators and other business machines. Tom Simonite, Wired, 20 Jan. 2022 In fact, the original Intel microprocessor, the 4004, was an ASIC project for Busicom that became a commercial product due to fortuitous circumstances. Steven Leibson, Forbes, 18 May 2022 The bacteria powered an Arm Cortex M0+ processor—a microprocessor widely used in the network of appliances connected to the internet, also called the Internet of Things (IoT), the authors explain in the study. Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1969, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
microprocessor
noun
mi·cro·pro·ces·sor ˌmī-krō-ˈprä-ˌse-sər
-ˈprō-
: a computer processor contained on an integrated-circuit chip