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microprocessor

[mahy-kroh-pros-es-er, -uh-ser, -proh-ses-er, -suh-ser] / ˈmaɪ kroʊˌprɒs ɛs ər, -ə sər, -ˌproʊ sɛs ər, -sə sər /


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He joined Intel in the 1980s and contributed to the company’s golden era, helping build Intel’s chip factories and mass-produce Intel’s 486 microprocessor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025

Lynn Conway, who died Sunday at 86, was a leader in the development of personal computers and microprocessor technology, and a symbol for generations of transgender individuals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2025

On a parabolic flight last year, where John experienced weightlessness for the first time, he found his day-to-day, hi-tech, microprocessor prosthetic leg would need recalibrating.

From BBC ● May 8, 2024

Your phone may have more than 15 billion tiny transistors packed into its microprocessor chips.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2023

These master-regulatory genes work by turning other genes on and off; they can be likened to circuits in a microprocessor.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee


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