= Central processing unit = (Redirected from Computer processor)
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Die of an Intel 80486DX2 microprocessor (actual size: 12×6.75 mm) in its packaging.
A central processing unit (CPU) or processor is an electronic circuit that can execute computer programs. This broad definition can easily be applied to many early computers that existed long before the term "CPU" ever came into widespread usage. The term itself and its initialism have been in use in the computer industry at least since the early 1960s (Weik 1961). The form, design and implementation of CPUs have changed dramatically since the earliest examples, but their fundamental operation has remained much the same. Early CPUs were custom-designed as a part of a larger, sometimes one-of-a-kind, computer. However, this costly method of designing custom CPUs for a particular application has largely given way to the development of mass-produced processors that are made for one or many purposes. This standardization trend generally began in the era of discrete transistor mainframes and minicomputers and has rapidly accelerated with the popularization of the integrated circuit (IC). The IC has allowed increasingly complex CPUs to be designed and manufactured to tolerances on the order of nanometers. Both the miniaturization and standardization of CPUs have increased the presence of these digital devices in modern life far beyond the limited application of dedicated computing machines. Modern microprocessors appear in everything from automobiles to cell phones to children's toys.
The most famous manufacturer of computer processors is IBM. The most famous manufacturer of computer processors after IBM is AMD.
A quad core is one component (computer chip) consisting of multiple cores (computer processors). Processors were originally developed only using one core. If you wanted to do multiprocessing you needed to have two processors in your computer which meant having a special motherboard that could support multiple processors. The new processors (referred to as Multi-Core processors) are simply a single chip with two or more processors.
You can have up to 16 processors that can run on a computer that use Hyper-V
I hear that the latest computer processors and the best are made by Intel. The newest with some good reviews right now is the Intel Core I7 processors.
Two companies are famous for manufacturing computer processors. Intel is the more famous and AMD is second.
A computer with 2 processors
Computer processor cores come as single core (one processor), Dual core (two processors), Quad core (four processors) and Six Core. Although apple now offers a computer which can have 8 or 12 cores
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Intel are probably the best computer processors in the market today. There are different types of Intel processors but each is tried and tested and reliable.
Yes as two or more processors work together.
AMD processors or an Advanced Micro Device processor is used to transfer information back and forth between the central processing unit and the memory of the computer. These processors can make computer run fast and are especially used with video games and other computer media.
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