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processor

[pros-es-er, proh-ses-] / ˈprɒs ɛs ər, ˈproʊ sɛs- /


NOUN
central processing unit
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Entry-level roles in fields heavily exposed to AI, like software developers and customer-service representatives, are shrinking the most, data from the Stanford Digital Economy Lab and payroll processor ADP Research show.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

U.S. export controls forced Nvidia to take a $4.5 billion charge last year related to its China-focused H20 processor.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

That could materially increase both the number and longevity of MediaTek’s custom AI processor opportunities in the longer term, she notes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

The Instagram play presaged a series of lucrative investments involving brand-name startups: Spotify, payments processor Stripe, online glasses retailer Warby Parker, Gillette disruptor Harry’s, Twitch and Reddit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

But if the Stormbreakers were based on the round processor there couldn’t possibly be any need for such extremes—and anyway, this was like nothing Alex had ever seen before.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz

The processors can be “bought in the secondary market at a spot price, and are also made by Chinese companies,” Luria noted.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Cut off from imported fats and oils, U.S. processors turned to domestic vegetable oils, especially soybean oil.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

Canadian processors import most of their empty cans from the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Alif’s microcontrollers and fusion processors enable real-time sensor fusion, low-latency inference and on-device AI, bringing advanced intelligence to demanding physical systems, Analog Devices said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Some other Japanese industries are organized very differently from the food processors.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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