noun
microprocessor
integrated circuit semiconductor chip that performs the bulk of the processing and controls the parts of a system
In a sentence
Six example sentences with microprocessor, each labelled with its topic.
The founders bet everything on a low-power microprocessor small enough to run a doorbell camera for a year.
Startups
The 1971 microprocessor squeezed a room's worth of computing onto a fingernail, and desktop machines followed within a decade.
History
Modern cameras owe their burst speed to a microprocessor that clears each frame from the buffer in milliseconds.
Photography
The microprocessor runs at three billion cycles a second, so the whole operating system loads before your finger leaves the button.
Technology
The console's custom microprocessor has to draw sixty frames a second, or players notice the stutter immediately.
Gaming
A shortage of one microprocessor idled car factories on three continents, showing how thin the supply chain had become.
Economics
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