central processing unit

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The PC is equipped with a central processing unit, graphics card, random-access memory and high-capacity storage — the very same equipment that multitrillion-dollar tech companies are now hoovering up to power their artificial-intelligence ambitions.

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

The gist: Intel’s server central processing unit, or CPU, business for artificial-intelligence computing is making up for weakness in the PC chip market.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

In a revolutionary breakthrough, these data-center chips no longer act independently like the central processing unit in your laptop.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025

A readout of the machine's central processing unit "indicated that the escalator had stopped after a built-in safety mechanism on the comb step was triggered at the top of the escalator", he added.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025

Online ——— In this book, it signifies the act of being in direct communication with a remote computer's central processing unit.

From The Online World by De Presno, Odd