The microprocessor is a computer processor of arithmetic, logic, and control circuitry on a single integrated circuit. The ...

A microprocessor is a complex, programmable integrated circuit (IC) on a single chip that can execute instructions. This generally includes CPUs found in computers but also refers to the ...

Ten years before the world's first personal computer came along, there was the Intel 4004, the world's first microprocessor. This past November Intel celebrated the 40th anniversary of the world's ...

DHRUV64 is a fully indigenous 64-bit microprocessor developed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) under the Government of India’s Microprocessor Development Programme (MDP).

Researchers have developed a microprocessor built on high-performance plastic rather than silicon—and they say it could enable smarter food labels and supply chain management. Christopher Intagliata: ...

The Intel 8085 microprocessor was introduced 40 years back, and along with its contemporaries — the Z80 and the 6502 — is pretty much a dinosaur in terms of microprocessor history. But that doesn’t ...

Fifty years ago this month, Intel introduced the first commercial microprocessor, the 4004. Microprocessors are tiny, general-purpose chips that use integrated circuits made up of transistors to ...

Mark Hempstead owns shares in Intel Corp in a retirement account. He has received federal and industry funds for his research in power-management and computer architecture. Computers’ amazing ...

As NPR marks its 50th anniversary, we look back at an innovation that also changed the world in 1971: the unveiling of the first commercially produced microprocessor. NPR turned 50 this year. And to ...