Everything about Microprocessor
Computer processor contained on an integrated-circuit chip
A microprocessor is a computer processor for which the data processing logic and control is included on a single integrated circuit (IC), or a small number of ICs. The microprocessor contains the arithmetic, logic, and control circuitry required to perform the functions of a computer's central processing unit (CPU). The microprocessor is capable of interpreting and executing machine code and performing arithmetic operations. The microprocessor is a multipurpose, clock-driven, register-based, digital integrated circuit that accepts binary data as input, processes it according to instructions stored in its memory, and provides results as output. Microprocessors contain both combinational logic and sequential digital logic, and operate on numbers and symbols represented in the binary number system. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: MicroprocessorA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: A RISC-V 32-bit microprocessor based on two-dimensional semiconductorsInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Microprocessors and microcomputersThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Processing of primary microRNAs by the Microprocessor complexCited 2,407 times
- Go sideways: Intel 4004A closely related topic
- Go sideways: Masatoshi ShimaA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun The entire CPU of a computer on a single integrated circuit (chip).
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Processing of primary microRNAs by the Microprocessor complex
The Microprocessor complex mediates the genesis of microRNAs
Single-chip microprocessor that communicates directly using light
Mouse ES cells express endogenous shRNAs, siRNAs, and other Microprocessor-independent, Dicer-dependent small RNAs
The Raw microprocessor: a computational fabric for software circuits and general-purpose programs
Modern microprocessor built from complementary carbon nanotube transistors
The Alpha 21264 microprocessor
The Mips R10000 superscalar microprocessor
🆕 Influential since 2022
A RISC-V 32-bit microprocessor based on two-dimensional semiconductors
Powering a microprocessor by photosynthesis
Bendable non-silicon RISC-V microprocessor
Benefits of a microprocessor-controlled prosthetic foot for ascending and descending slopes
Impact of microprocessor prosthetic knee on mobility and quality of life in patients with lower limb amputation: a systematic review of the literature
📚 Books worth reading
Microprocessors and microcomputersRonald J. Tocci, Frank J. Ambrosio · 1979
Microprocessors and interfacingDouglas V. Hall, Andrew L. Rood · 1900
Arduino for DummiesJohn Nussey · 2013
Intel MicroprocessorsRoy W. Goody · 1992
The 68000 microprocessorJames L. Antonakos · 1990
MicroprocessorsIntel Corporation., Intel Corp · 1990
The 8088 and 8086 microprocessorsWalter A. Triebel, Avtar Singh · 1991
Microcomputers and Microprocessors:The 8080, 8085, and Z-80 Programming, Interfacing, and TroubleshootingJohn E. Uffenbeck · 1985
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
🔗 Related topics
- Intel 4004 The Intel 4004, released by the Intel Corporation on November 15, 1971, was the first in a long line of Intel central processing units (CPUs). Priced at…
- Masatoshi Shima Masatoshi Shima (嶋 正利, Shima Masatoshi; born August 22, 1943) is a Japanese electronics engineer. He was one of the architects of the world's first microprocess…
- History of general-purpose CPUs The history of general-purpose CPUs is a continuation of the earlier history of computing hardware. In the early 1950s, each computer design was unique…
- Microprocessor chronology The first chips that could be considered microprocessors were designed and manufactured in the late 1960s and early 1970s, including the MP944 used in…
- Federico Faggin Federico Faggin (Italian pronunciation: [fedeˈriːko fadˈdʒin], Venetian: [faˈdʒiŋ]; born 1 December 1941) is an Italian-American physicist, engineer, inventor…
- Microcontroller A microcontroller (MC, uC, or μC) or microcontroller unit (MCU) is a small computer on a single integrated circuit. A microcontroller contains one or more…
- Processor design Processor design is a subfield of computer engineering and electronics that deals with creating a processor, a key component of computer hardware. While…
- 4-bit computing 4-bit computing is the use of computer architectures in which integers and other data units are 4 bits wide. 4-bit central processing unit (CPU) and arithmetic…