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314 relations: ABIT BP6, Academic Press, Acorn Archimedes, Acorn Computers, Ada (programming language), Air data computer, Altos Computer Systems, Aluminium, AMD, AMD Am29000, Amdahl's law, Amiga, Analogue electronics, Apple IIc, Apple IIe, Apple IIGS, Apple Lisa, Arc-fault circuit interrupter, Arithmetic logic unit, ARM architecture family, Arm Holdings, Artificial cardiac pacemaker, AT&T Corporation, AT&T Hobbit, Atari ST, Athlon, Athlon 64 X2, Automation, Bell Labs, Bellmac 32, Berkeley Software Distribution, Binary code, Binary number, Bipolar junction transistor, Bit field, Bit slicing, Boolean algebra, Breakup of the Bell System, Bus (computing), Busicom, Cache (computing), Calculator, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Capability-based security, Celeron, Central processing unit, Claude Shannon, Clock rate, Clock signal, CMOS, ... Expand index (264 more) »
- 1971 introductions
- Microprocessors
ABIT BP6
The ABIT BP6 was an ATX motherboard released by ABIT in 1999.
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Academic Press
Academic Press (AP) is an academic book publisher founded in 1941.
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Acorn Archimedes
Acorn Archimedes is a family of personal computers designed by Acorn Computers of Cambridge, England.
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Acorn Computers
Acorn Computers Ltd. was a British computer company established in Cambridge, England, in 1978.
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Ada (programming language)
Ada is a structured, statically typed, imperative, and object-oriented high-level programming language, inspired by Pascal and other languages.
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Air data computer
An air data computer (ADC) or central air data computer (CADC) computes altitude, vertical speed, air speed, and Mach number from pressure and temperature inputs.
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Altos Computer Systems
Altos Computer Systems was founded in 1977 by David G. Jackson and Roger William Vass Sr.
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Aluminium
Aluminium (Aluminum in North American English) is a chemical element; it has symbol Al and atomic number 13.
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AMD
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is an American multinational corporation and fabless semiconductor company based in Santa Clara, California, that designs, develops and sells computer processors and related technologies for business and consumer markets.
AMD Am29000
The AMD Am29000, commonly shortened to 29k, is a family of 32-bit RISC microprocessors and microcontrollers developed and fabricated by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).
See Microprocessor and AMD Am29000
Amdahl's law
In computer architecture, Amdahl's law (or Amdahl's argument) is a formula which gives the theoretical speedup in latency of the execution of a task at fixed workload that can be expected of a system whose resources are improved.
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Amiga
Amiga is a family of personal computers introduced by Commodore in 1985. Microprocessor and Amiga are American inventions.
Analogue electronics
Analogue electronics (analog electronics) are electronic systems with a continuously variable signal, in contrast to digital electronics where signals usually take only two levels.
See Microprocessor and Analogue electronics
Apple IIc
The Apple IIc is a personal computer introduced by Apple Inc. shortly after the launch of the original Macintosh in 1984.
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Apple IIe
The Apple IIe (styled as Apple //e) is the third model in the Apple II series of personal computers produced by Apple Computer.
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Apple IIGS
The Apple IIGS (styled as II) is a 16-bit personal computer produced by Apple Computer.
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Apple Lisa
Lisa is a desktop computer developed by Apple, produced from January 19, 1983 to August 1, 1986, and succeeded by Macintosh.
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Arc-fault circuit interrupter
An arc-fault circuit interrupter (AFCI) or arc-fault detection device (AFDD) is a circuit breaker that breaks the circuit when it detects the electric arcs that are a signature of loose connections in home wiring.
See Microprocessor and Arc-fault circuit interrupter
Arithmetic logic unit
In computing, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU) is a combinational digital circuit that performs arithmetic and bitwise operations on integer binary numbers.
See Microprocessor and Arithmetic logic unit
ARM architecture family
ARM (stylised in lowercase as arm, formerly an acronym for Advanced RISC Machines and originally Acorn RISC Machine) is a family of RISC instruction set architectures (ISAs) for computer processors.
See Microprocessor and ARM architecture family
Arm Holdings
Arm Holdings plc (formerly an acronym for Advanced RISC Machines and originally Acorn RISC Machine) is a British semiconductor and software design company based in Cambridge, England, whose primary business is the design of central processing unit (CPU) cores that implement the ARM architecture family of instruction sets.
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Artificial cardiac pacemaker
An artificial cardiac pacemaker, commonly referred to as simply a pacemaker, is an implanted medical device that generates electrical pulses delivered by electrodes to one or more of the chambers of the heart.
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AT&T Corporation
AT&T Corporation, commonly referred to as AT&T, an abbreviation for its former name, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, was an American telecommunications company that provided voice, video, data, and Internet telecommunications and professional services to businesses, consumers, and government agencies.
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AT&T Hobbit
The AT&T Hobbit is a microprocessor design developed by AT&T Corporation in the early 1990s.
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Atari ST
Atari ST is a line of personal computers from Atari Corporation and the successor to the company's 8-bit home computers.
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Athlon
Athlon is the brand name applied to a series of x86-compatible microprocessors designed and manufactured by AMD.
Athlon 64 X2
The Athlon 64 X2 is the first native dual-core desktop central processing unit (CPU) designed by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).
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Automation
Automation describes a wide range of technologies that reduce human intervention in processes, mainly by predetermining decision criteria, subprocess relationships, and related actions, as well as embodying those predeterminations in machines.
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Bell Labs
Bell Labs is an American industrial research and scientific development company credited with the development of radio astronomy, the transistor, the laser, the photovoltaic cell, the charge-coupled device (CCD), information theory, the Unix operating system, and the programming languages B, C, C++, S, SNOBOL, AWK, AMPL, and others.
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Bellmac 32
The Bellmac 32 is a microprocessor developed by Bell Labs' processor division in 1980, implemented using CMOS technology and was the first microprocessor that could move 32 bits in one clock cycle.
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Berkeley Software Distribution
The Berkeley Software Distribution or Berkeley Standard Distribution (BSD) is a discontinued operating system based on Research Unix, developed and distributed by the Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG) at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Binary code
A binary code represents text, computer processor instructions, or any other data using a two-symbol system.
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Binary number
A binary number is a number expressed in the base-2 numeral system or binary numeral system, a method for representing numbers that uses only two symbols for the natural numbers: typically "0" (zero) and "1" (one).
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Bipolar junction transistor
A bipolar junction transistor (BJT) is a type of transistor that uses both electrons and electron holes as charge carriers.
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Bit field
A bit field is a data structure that maps to one or more adjacent bits which have been allocated for specific purposes, so that any single bit or group of bits within the structure can be set or inspected.
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Bit slicing
Bit slicing is a technique for constructing a processor from modules of processors of smaller bit width, for the purpose of increasing the word length; in theory to make an arbitrary n-bit central processing unit (CPU). Microprocessor and bit slicing are digital electronics.
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Boolean algebra
In mathematics and mathematical logic, Boolean algebra is a branch of algebra.
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Breakup of the Bell System
The monopoly position of the Bell System in the U.S. was ended on January 8, 1982, by a consent decree providing that AT&T Corporation would, as had been initially proposed by AT&T, relinquish control of the Bell Operating Companies, which had provided local telephone service in the United States.
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Bus (computing)
In computer architecture, a bus (historically also called data highway or databus) is a communication system that transfers data between components inside a computer, or between computers. Microprocessor and bus (computing) are digital electronics.
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Busicom
was a Japanese company that manufactured and sold computer-related products headquartered in Taito, Tokyo.
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Cache (computing)
In computing, a cache is a hardware or software component that stores data so that future requests for that data can be served faster; the data stored in a cache might be the result of an earlier computation or a copy of data stored elsewhere.
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Calculator
An electronic calculator is typically a portable electronic device used to perform calculations, ranging from basic arithmetic to complex mathematics. Microprocessor and calculator are American inventions.
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California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
California State Polytechnic University Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona), is a public polytechnic university in Pomona, California.
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Capability-based security
Capability-based security is a concept in the design of secure computing systems, one of the existing security models.
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Celeron
Celeron is a discontinued series of low-end IA-32 and x86-64 computer microprocessor models targeted at low-cost personal computers, manufactured by Intel.
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Central processing unit
A central processing unit (CPU), also called a central processor, main processor, or just processor, is the most important processor in a given computer. Microprocessor and central processing unit are digital electronics.
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Claude Shannon
Claude Elwood Shannon (April 30, 1916 – February 24, 2001) was an American mathematician, electrical engineer, computer scientist and cryptographer known as the "father of information theory" and as the "father of the Information Age".
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Clock rate
In computing, the clock rate or clock speed typically refers to the frequency at which the clock generator of a processor can generate pulses, which are used to synchronize the operations of its components, and is used as an indicator of the processor's speed.
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Clock signal
In electronics and especially synchronous digital circuits, a clock signal (historically also known as logic beat) is an electronic logic signal (voltage or current) which oscillates between a high and a low state at a constant frequency and is used like a metronome to synchronize actions of digital circuits. Microprocessor and clock signal are digital electronics.
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CMOS
Complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS, pronounced "sea-moss") is a type of metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) fabrication process that uses complementary and symmetrical pairs of p-type and n-type MOSFETs for logic functions. Microprocessor and CMOS are digital electronics.
Combinational logic
In automata theory, combinational logic (also referred to as time-independent logic) is a type of digital logic that is implemented by Boolean circuits, where the output is a pure function of the present input only. Microprocessor and combinational logic are digital electronics.
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Commodore 128
The Commodore 128, also known as the C128, C-128, or C.
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Commodore 64
The Commodore 64, also known as the C64, is an 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International (first shown at the Consumer Electronics Show, January 7–10, 1982, in Las Vegas). Microprocessor and Commodore 64 are American inventions.
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Comparison of instruction set architectures
An instruction set architecture (ISA) is an abstract model of a computer, also referred to as computer architecture.
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Compiler
In computing, a compiler is a computer program that translates computer code written in one programming language (the source language) into another language (the target language). Microprocessor and compiler are American inventions.
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Complex instruction set computer
A complex instruction set computer (CISC) is a computer architecture in which single instructions can execute several low-level operations (such as a load from memory, an arithmetic operation, and a memory store) or are capable of multi-step operations or addressing modes within single instructions.
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Computer
A computer is a machine that can be programmed to automatically carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations (computation).
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Computer architecture
In computer science and computer engineering, computer architecture is a description of the structure of a computer system made from component parts.
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Computer engineering
Computer engineering (CoE or CpE) is a branch of computer science and electronic engineering that integrates several fields of computer science and electronic engineering required to develop computer hardware and software.
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Computer History Museum
The Computer History Museum (CHM) is a museum of computer history, located in Mountain View, California.
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Computer memory
Computer memory stores information, such as data and programs, for immediate use in the computer. Microprocessor and computer memory are digital electronics.
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Computer terminal
A computer terminal is an electronic or electromechanical hardware device that can be used for entering data into, and transcribing data from, a computer or a computing system.
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Computing
Computing is any goal-oriented activity requiring, benefiting from, or creating computing machinery.
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Control logic
Control logic is a key part of a software program that controls the operations of the program.
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Cosmic ray
Cosmic rays or astroparticles are high-energy particles or clusters of particles (primarily represented by protons or atomic nuclei) that move through space at nearly the speed of light.
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CPU cache
A CPU cache is a hardware cache used by the central processing unit (CPU) of a computer to reduce the average cost (time or energy) to access data from the main memory.
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Cromemco
Cromemco, Inc. was a Mountain View, California microcomputer company known for its high-end Z80-based S-100 bus computers and peripherals in the early days of the personal computer revolution.
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Cyrix
Cyrix Corporation was a microprocessor developer that was founded in 1988 in Richardson, Texas, as a specialist supplier of floating point units for 286 and 386 microprocessors.
Datapoint
Datapoint Corporation, originally known as Computer Terminal Corporation (CTC), was a computer company based in San Antonio, Texas, United States.
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Datapoint 2200
The Datapoint 2200 was a mass-produced programmable terminal usable as a computer, designed by Computer Terminal Corporation (CTC) founders Phil Ray and Gus Roche and announced by CTC in June 1970 (with units shipping in 1971).
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DEC Alpha
Alpha (original name Alpha AXP) is a 64-bit reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC).
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Defibrillation
Defibrillation is a treatment for life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias, specifically ventricular fibrillation (V-Fib) and non-perfusing ventricular tachycardia (V-Tach). Microprocessor and Defibrillation are American inventions.
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Desktop computer
A desktop computer (often abbreviated desktop) is a personal computer designed for regular use at a stationary location on or near a desk (as opposed to a portable computer) due to its size and power requirements.
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Digital electronics
Digital electronics is a field of electronics involving the study of digital signals and the engineering of devices that use or produce them.
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Digital Equipment Corporation
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), using the trademark Digital, was a major American company in the computer industry from the 1960s to the 1990s.
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Digital signal controller
A digital signal controller (DSC) is a hybrid of microcontrollers and digital signal processors (DSPs).
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Digital signal processing
Digital signal processing (DSP) is the use of digital processing, such as by computers or more specialized digital signal processors, to perform a wide variety of signal processing operations. Microprocessor and digital signal processing are digital electronics.
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Digital signal processor
A digital signal processor (DSP) is a specialized microprocessor chip, with its architecture optimized for the operational needs of digital signal processing.
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Dual in-line package
In microelectronics, a dual in-line package (DIP or DIL) is an electronic component package with a rectangular housing and two parallel rows of electrical connecting pins.
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DVD player
A DVD player is a device that plays DVDs produced under both the DVD-Video and DVD-Audio technical standards, two different and incompatible standards. Microprocessor and DVD player are Japanese inventions.
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DVD-Video
DVD-Video is a consumer video format used to store digital video on DVDs. Microprocessor and DVD-Video are Japanese inventions.
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Dynamic logic (digital electronics)
In integrated circuit design, dynamic logic (or sometimes clocked logic) is a design methodology in combinational logic circuits, particularly those implemented in metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) technology.
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Electric energy consumption
Electric energy consumption is energy consumption in the form of electrical energy.
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Electrical wiring
Electrical wiring is an electrical installation of cabling and associated devices such as switches, distribution boards, sockets, and light fittings in a structure.
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Electromechanics
In engineering, electromechanics combines processes and procedures drawn from electrical engineering and mechanical engineering.
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Electronic News
Electronic News was a publication that covered the electronics industry, from semiconductor equipment and materials to military/aerospace electronics to supercomputers.
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Electrostatic discharge
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) is a sudden and momentary flow of electric current between two differently-charged objects when brought close together or when the dielectric between them breaks down, often creating a visible spark associated with the static electricity between the objects.
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Elliott Brothers (computer company)
Elliott Brothers (London) Ltd was an early computer company of the 1950s and 1960s in the United Kingdom.
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Embedded software
Embedded software is computer software, written to control machines or devices that are not typically thought of as computers, commonly known as embedded systems.
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Embedded system
An embedded system is a computer system—a combination of a computer processor, computer memory, and input/output peripheral devices—that has a dedicated function within a larger mechanical or electronic system.
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F-14 CADC
The F-14's Central Air Data Computer, also abbreviated as CADC, computes altitude, vertical speed, air speed, and mach number from sensor inputs such as pitot and static pressure and temperature.
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Fairchild Semiconductor
Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. was an American semiconductor company based in San Jose, California.
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Federico Faggin
Federico Faggin (born 1 December 1941) is an Italian-American physicist, engineer, inventor and entrepreneur.
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Floating-point arithmetic
In computing, floating-point arithmetic (FP) is arithmetic that represents subsets of real numbers using an integer with a fixed precision, called the significand, scaled by an integer exponent of a fixed base.
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Floating-point unit
A floating-point unit (FPU, colloquially a math coprocessor) is a part of a computer system specially designed to carry out operations on floating-point numbers.
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Four-Phase Systems
Four-Phase Systems, Inc., was a computer company, founded by Lee Boysel and others, which built one of the earliest computers using semiconductor main memory and MOS LSI logic.
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Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt
Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt (short: Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Hyatt or Hyatt III), 587 U.S. 230 (2019), was a United States Supreme Court case that determined that unless they consent, states have sovereign immunity from private suits filed against them in the courts of another state.
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Galileo (spacecraft)
Galileo was an American robotic space probe that studied the planet Jupiter and its moons, as well as the asteroids Gaspra and Ida.
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Garrett AiResearch
Garrett AiResearch was a manufacturer of turboprop engines and turbochargers, and a pioneer in numerous aerospace technologies.
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General Instrument
General Instrument (GI) was an American electronics manufacturer based in Horsham, Pennsylvania, specializing in semiconductors and cable television equipment.
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General Instrument CP1600
The CP1600 is a 16-bit microprocessor created in a partnership between General Instrument and Honeywell, introduced in February 1975.
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George Boole
George Boole Jnr (2 November 1815 – 8 December 1864) was a largely self-taught English mathematician, philosopher, and logician, most of whose short career was spent as the first professor of mathematics at Queen's College, Cork in Ireland.
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Glenrothes
Glenrothes (Glenrothes; Gleann Rathais, pronounced) is a town situated in the heart of Fife, in east-central Scotland.
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Google Books
Google Books (previously known as Google Book Search, Google Print, and by its code-name Project Ocean) is a service from Google that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical character recognition (OCR), and stored in its digital database.
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Graphics processing unit
A graphics processing unit (GPU) is a specialized electronic circuit initially designed for digital image processing and to accelerate computer graphics, being present either as a discrete video card or embedded on motherboards, mobile phones, personal computers, workstations, and game consoles. Microprocessor and graphics processing unit are digital electronics.
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Grumman F-14 Tomcat
The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American carrier-capable supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, twin-tail, all-weather-capable variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft.
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Hardware acceleration
Hardware acceleration is the use of computer hardware designed to perform specific functions more efficiently when compared to software running on a general-purpose central processing unit (CPU).
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High-definition television
High-definition television (HDTV) describes a television or video system which provides a substantially higher image resolution than the previous generation of technologies.
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History of computing hardware
The history of computing hardware covers the developments from early simple devices to aid calculation to modern day computers.
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Home appliance
A home appliance, also referred to as a domestic appliance, an electric appliance or a household appliance, is a machine which assists in household functions such as cooking, cleaning and food preservation.
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Home computer
Home computers were a class of microcomputers that entered the market in 1977 and became common during the 1980s.
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HP FOCUS
The Hewlett-Packard FOCUS microprocessor, launched in 1982, was the first commercial, single chip, fully 32-bit microprocessor available on the market.
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I386
The Intel 386, originally released as 80386 and later renamed i386, is a 32-bit microprocessor designed by Intel.
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation (using the trademark IBM), nicknamed Big Blue, is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York and present in over 175 countries.
IBM 801
The 801 was an experimental central processing unit (CPU) design developed by IBM during the 1970s.
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IBM PC–compatible
IBM PC–compatible computers are technically similar to the original IBM PC, XT, and AT, all from computer giant IBM, that are able to use the same software and expansion cards.
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IBM Personal Computer
The IBM Personal Computer (model 5150, commonly known as the IBM PC) is the first microcomputer released in the IBM PC model line and the basis for the IBM PC compatible ''de facto'' standard.
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IBM POWER architecture
IBM POWER is a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by IBM.
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IEEE Spectrum
IEEE Spectrum is a magazine edited by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
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IMP-16
The IMP-16, by National Semiconductor, was the first multi-chip 16-bit microprocessor, released in 1973.
Industrial process control
Industrial process control (IPC) or simply process control is a system used in modern manufacturing which uses the principles of control theory and physical industrial control systems to monitor, control and optimize continuous industrial production processes using control algorithms.
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Input/output
In computing, input/output (I/O, i/o, or informally io or IO) is the communication between an information processing system, such as a computer, and the outside world, such as another computer system, peripherals, or a human operator.
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an American 501(c)(3) professional association for electronics engineering, electrical engineering, and other related disciplines.
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Instruction set architecture
In computer science, an instruction set architecture (ISA) is an abstract model that generally defines how software controls the CPU in a computer or a family of computers. Microprocessor and instruction set architecture are microprocessors.
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Integer overflow
In computer programming, an integer overflow occurs when an arithmetic operation on integers attempts to create a numeric value that is outside of the range that can be represented with a given number of digits – either higher than the maximum or lower than the minimum representable value.
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Integrated circuit
An integrated circuit (IC), also known as a microchip, computer chip, or simply chip, is a small electronic device made up of multiple interconnected electronic components such as transistors, resistors, and capacitors. Microprocessor and integrated circuit are American inventions and digital electronics.
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Intel
Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and incorporated in Delaware.
Intel 4004
The Intel 4004 is a 4-bit central processing unit (CPU) released by Intel Corporation in 1971.
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Intel 8008
The Intel 8008 ("eight-thousand-eight" or "eighty-oh-eight") is an early 8-bit microprocessor capable of addressing 16 KB of memory, introduced in April 1972.
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Intel 80186
The Intel 80186, also known as the iAPX 186, or just 186, is a microprocessor and microcontroller introduced in 1982.
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Intel 80286
The Intel 80286 (also marketed as the iAPX 286 and often called Intel 286) is a 16-bit microprocessor that was introduced on February 1, 1982.
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Intel 8080
The Intel 8080 ("eighty-eighty") is the second 8-bit microprocessor designed and manufactured by Intel.
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Intel 8086
The 8086 (also called iAPX 86) is a 16-bit microprocessor chip designed by Intel between early 1976 and June 8, 1978, when it was released.
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Intel 8087
The Intel 8087, announced in 1980, was the first floating-point coprocessor for the 8086 line of microprocessors.
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Intel 8088
The Intel 8088 ("eighty-eighty-eight", also called iAPX 88) microprocessor is a variant of the Intel 8086.
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Intel i860
The Intel i860 (also known as 80860) is a RISC microprocessor design introduced by Intel in 1989.
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Intel i960
Intel's i960 (or 80960) was a RISC-based microprocessor design that became popular during the early 1990s as an embedded microcontroller.
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Intel iAPX 432
The iAPX 432 (Intel Advanced Performance Architecture) is a discontinued computer architecture introduced in 1981.
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Intellectual property
Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect.
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Intellivision
The Intellivision is a home video game console released by Mattel Electronics in 1979.
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Internet
The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. Microprocessor and internet are American inventions.
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Intersil 6100
The Intersil 6100 is a single-chip microprocessor implementation of the 12-bit PDP-8 instruction set, along with a range of peripheral support and memory ICs developed by Intersil in the mid-1970s.
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Kilobyte
The kilobyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information.
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Laptop
A laptop computer or notebook computer, also known as a laptop or notebook, is a small, portable personal computer (PC).
Laser printing
Laser printing is an electrostatic digital printing process. Microprocessor and Laser printing are American inventions.
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Lee Boysel
Lee Boysel (December 31, 1938 – April 25, 2021) was an American electrical engineer and entrepreneur.
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Leslie L. Vadász
Leslie L. Vadász (born Vadász László; born September 12, 1936, in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian-American engineer and manager, one of the founding members of Intel Corporation.
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Linux
Linux is both an open-source Unix-like kernel and a generic name for a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds.
List of AMD processors
This article gives a list of AMD microprocessors, sorted by generation and release year.
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List of ARM processors
This is a list of central processing units based on the ARM family of instruction sets designed by ARM Ltd. and third parties, sorted by version of the ARM instruction set, release and name.
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List of microprocessors
This is a list of microprocessors. Microprocessor and list of microprocessors are microprocessors.
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List of MOSFET applications
insulating layer (pink). The MOSFET (metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor) is a type of insulated-gate field-effect transistor (IGFET) that is fabricated by the controlled oxidation of a semiconductor, typically silicon. Microprocessor and List of MOSFET applications are digital electronics.
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Litton Industries
Litton Industries, Inc., was an American defense contractor that specialized in shipbuilding, aerospace, electronic components, and information technology.
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Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.
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Low-power electronics
Low-power electronics are electronics, such as notebook processors, that have been designed to use less electrical power than usual, often at some expense.
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Macintosh 128K
The Macintosh, later rebranded as the Macintosh 128K, is the original Macintosh personal computer, from Apple.
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MacOS
macOS, originally Mac OS X, previously shortened as OS X, is an operating system developed and marketed by Apple since 2001.
Mainframe computer
A mainframe computer, informally called a mainframe or big iron, is a computer used primarily by large organizations for critical applications like bulk data processing for tasks such as censuses, industry and consumer statistics, enterprise resource planning, and large-scale transaction processing.
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Marcian Hoff
Marcian Edward "Ted" Hoff Jr. (born October 28, 1937, in Rochester, New York) is one of the inventors of the microprocessor.
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Mark-8
The Mark-8 is a microcomputer design from 1974, based on the Intel 8008 CPU (which was the world's first 8-bit microprocessor).
Masatoshi Shima
is a Japanese electronics engineer.
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Maurice Wilkes
Sir Maurice Vincent Wilkes (26 June 1913 – 29 November 2010) was an English computer scientist who designed and helped build the Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator (EDSAC), one of the earliest stored program computers, and who invented microprogramming, a method for using stored-program logic to operate the control unit of a central processing unit's circuits.
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MCP-1600
The MCP-1600 is a multi-chip 16-bit microprocessor introduced by Western Digital in 1975 and produced through the early 1980s.
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Megabyte
The megabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information.
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Memory management unit
A memory management unit (MMU), sometimes called paged memory management unit (PMMU), is a computer hardware unit that examines all memory references on the memory bus, translating these requests, known as virtual memory addresses, into physical addresses in main memory.
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Memory refresh
Memory refresh is a process of periodically reading information from an area of computer memory and immediately rewriting the read information to the same area without modification, for the purpose of preserving the information.
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Memory segmentation
Memory segmentation is an operating system memory management technique of dividing a computer's primary memory into segments or sections.
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Metal gate
A metal gate, in the context of a lateral metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) stack, is the gate electrode separated by an oxide from the transistor's channel – the gate material is made from a metal.
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Microarchitecture
In electronics, computer science and computer engineering, microarchitecture, also called computer organization and sometimes abbreviated as μarch or uarch, is the way a given instruction set architecture (ISA) is implemented in a particular processor. Microprocessor and microarchitecture are microprocessors.
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Microchip Technology
Microchip Technology Incorporated is a publicly listed American corporation that manufactures microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog, and Flash-IP integrated circuits.
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Microcode
In processor design, microcode serves as an intermediary layer situated between the central processing unit (CPU) hardware and the programmer-visible instruction set architecture of a computer, also known as its machine code.
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Microcomputer
A microcomputer is a small, relatively inexpensive computer having a central processing unit (CPU) made out of a microprocessor. Microprocessor and microcomputer are microcomputers.
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Microcontroller
A microcontroller (MC, UC, or μC) or microcontroller unit (MCU) is a small computer on a single integrated circuit.
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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 the F-14 Central Air Data Computer. Microprocessor and microprocessor chronology are digital electronics, microcomputers and microprocessors.
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Minicomputer
A minicomputer, or colloquially mini, is a type of smaller general-purpose computer developed in the mid-1960s and sold at a much lower price than mainframe and mid-size computers from IBM and its direct competitors. Microprocessor and minicomputer are American inventions.
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MIPS architecture
MIPS (Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipelined Stages) is a family of reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architectures (ISA)Price, Charles (September 1995).
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MIPS Technologies
MIPS Tech LLC, formerly MIPS Computer Systems, Inc. and MIPS Technologies, Inc., is an American fabless semiconductor design company that is most widely known for developing the MIPS architecture and a series of RISC CPU chips based on it.
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Mixed-signal integrated circuit
A mixed-signal integrated circuit is any integrated circuit that has both analog circuits and digital circuits on a single semiconductor die.
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Mobile device
A mobile device or handheld computer is a computer small enough to hold and operate in hand.
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Mobile phone
A mobile phone or cell phone is a portable telephone that can make and receive calls over a radio frequency link while the user is moving within a telephone service area, as opposed to a fixed-location phone (landline phone).
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Modernity
Modernity, a topic in the humanities and social sciences, is both a historical period (the modern era) and the ensemble of particular socio-cultural norms, attitudes and practices that arose in the wake of the Renaissancein the Age of Reason of 17th-century thought and the 18th-century Enlightenment.
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Moore's law
Moore's law is the observation that the number of transistors in an integrated circuit (IC) doubles about every two years.
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Moore's second law
Rock's law or Moore's second law, named for Arthur Rock or Gordon Moore, says that the cost of a semiconductor chip fabrication plant doubles every four years.
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MOS Technology 6502
The MOS Technology 6502 (typically pronounced "sixty-five-oh-two") William Mensch and the moderator both pronounce the 6502 microprocessor as "sixty-five-oh-two".
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MOS Technology 6510
6581 SID. The production week/year (WWYY) of each chip is given below its name. The MOS Technology 6510 is an 8-bit microprocessor designed by MOS Technology.
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MOSFET
W and controlling a load of over 2000 W. A matchstick is pictured for scale. In electronics, the metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET, MOS-FET, or MOS FET) is a type of field-effect transistor (FET), most commonly fabricated by the controlled oxidation of silicon.
Motorola
Motorola, Inc. was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois.
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Motorola 6800
The 6800 ("sixty-eight hundred") is an 8-bit microprocessor designed and first manufactured by Motorola in 1974.
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Motorola 68000
The Motorola 68000 (sometimes shortened to Motorola 68k or m68k and usually pronounced "sixty-eight-thousand") is a 16/32-bit complex instruction set computer (CISC) microprocessor, introduced in 1979 by Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector.
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Motorola 68010
The Motorola MC68010 and Motorola MC68012 are 16/32-bit microprocessors from Motorola, released in 1982 as successors to the Motorola 68000.
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Motorola 68020
The Motorola 68020 is a 32-bit microprocessor from Motorola, released in 1984.
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Motorola 68030
The Motorola 68030 ("sixty-eight-oh-thirty") is a 32-bit microprocessor in the Motorola 68000 family.
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Motorola 68040
The Motorola 68040 ("sixty-eight-oh-forty") is a 32-bit microprocessor in the Motorola 68000 series, released in 1990.
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Motorola 68060
The Motorola 68060 ("sixty-eight-oh-sixty") is a 32-bit microprocessor from Motorola released in April 1994.
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Motorola 6809
The Motorola 6809 ("sixty-eight-oh-nine") is an 8-bit microprocessor with some 16-bit features.
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Motorola 88000
The 88000 (m88k for short) is a RISC instruction set architecture developed by Motorola during the 1980s.
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Multi-chip module
A multi-chip module (MCM) is generically an electronic assembly (such as a package with a number of conductor terminals or "pins") where multiple integrated circuits (ICs or "chips"), semiconductor dies and/or other discrete components are integrated, usually onto a unifying substrate, so that in use it can be treated as if it were a larger IC.
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Multi-core processor
A multi-core processor is a microprocessor on a single integrated circuit with two or more separate processing units, called cores (for example, dual-core or quad-core), each of which reads and executes program instructions. Microprocessor and multi-core processor are microprocessors.
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Multimedia
Multimedia is a form of communication that uses a combination of different content forms, such as writing, audio, images, animations, or video, into a single interactive presentation, in contrast to traditional mass media, such as printed material or audio recordings, which feature little to no interaction between users.
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Multiprocessing
Multiprocessing is the use of two or more central processing units (CPUs) within a single computer system.
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National Semiconductor
National Semiconductor was an American semiconductor manufacturer which specialized in analog devices and subsystems, formerly with headquarters in Santa Clara, California.
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National Semiconductor PACE
National Semiconductor's IPC-16A PACE, short for "Processing and Control Element", was the first commercial single-chip 16-bit microprocessor, announced in late 1974.
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NEC V20
The NEC V20 is a microprocessor that was designed and produced by NEC.
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Nintendo 64
The (N64) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo.
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NMOS logic
NMOS or nMOS logic (from N-type metal–oxide–semiconductor) uses n-type (-) MOSFETs (metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistors) to implement logic gates and other digital circuits.
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Northridge, Los Angeles
Northridge is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles.
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NS32000
The NS32000, sometimes known as the 32k, is a series of microprocessors produced by National Semiconductor.
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NXP ColdFire
The NXP ColdFire is a microprocessor that derives from the Motorola 68000 family architecture, manufactured for embedded systems development by NXP Semiconductors.
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Object (computer science)
In computer science, an object is a programming element that has state, has associated operations and is accessed via an identifier.
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Opcode
In computing, an opcode (abbreviated from operation code, also known as instruction machine code, instruction code, instruction syllable, instruction parcel or opstring) is the portion of a machine language instruction that specifies the operation to be performed.
PA-RISC
Precision Architecture RISC (PA-RISC) or Hewlett Packard Precision Architecture (HP/PA or simply HPPA), is a general purpose computer instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Hewlett-Packard from the 1980s until the 2000s.
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Parallel computing
Parallel computing is a type of computation in which many calculations or processes are carried out simultaneously.
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PC-based IBM mainframe-compatible systems
Since the rise of the personal computer in the 1980s, IBM and other vendors have created PC-based IBM mainframe-compatible systems which are compatible with the larger IBM mainframe computers.
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PDP-11
The PDP–11 is a series of 16-bit minicomputers sold by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) from 1970 into the late 1990s, one of a set of products in the Programmed Data Processor (PDP) series.
PDP-8
The PDP-8 is a family of 12-bit minicomputers that was produced by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC).
Pentium Pro
The Pentium Pro is a sixth-generation x86 microprocessor developed and manufactured by Intel and introduced on November 1, 1995.
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Peripheral
A peripheral device, or simply peripheral, is an auxiliary hardware device that a computer uses to transfer information externally.
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Personal computer
A personal computer, often referred to as a PC, is a computer designed for individual use. Microprocessor and personal computer are American inventions.
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Philips
Koninklijke Philips N.V., commonly shortened to Philips, is a Dutch multinational conglomerate corporation that was founded in Eindhoven in 1891.
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PIC microcontrollers
PIC (usually pronounced as /pɪk/) is a family of microcontrollers made by Microchip Technology, derived from the PIC1640"PICmicro Family Tree", PIC16F Seminar Presentation originally developed by General Instrument's Microelectronics Division.
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Pipeline (computing)
In computing, a pipeline, also known as a data pipeline, is a set of data processing elements connected in series, where the output of one element is the input of the next one.
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PMOS logic
PMOS or pMOS logic (from p-channel metal–oxide–semiconductor) is a family of digital circuits based on p-channel, enhancement mode metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs).
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Power ISA
Power ISA is a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architecture (ISA) currently developed by the OpenPOWER Foundation, led by IBM.
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POWER4
The POWER4 is a microprocessor developed by International Business Machines (IBM) that implemented the 64-bit PowerPC and PowerPC AS instruction set architectures.
PowerPC
PowerPC (with the backronym Performance Optimization With Enhanced RISC – Performance Computing, sometimes abbreviated as PPC) is a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architecture (ISA) created by the 1991 Apple–IBM–Motorola alliance, known as AIM.
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Printed circuit board
A printed circuit board (PCB), also called printed wiring board (PWB), is a medium used to connect or "wire" components to one another in a circuit.
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Printer (computing)
In computing, a printer is a peripheral machine which makes a durable representation of graphics or text, usually on paper.
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Processor (computing)
In computing and computer science, a processor or processing unit is an electrical component (digital circuit) that performs operations on an external data source, usually memory or some other data stream. Microprocessor and processor (computing) are digital electronics.
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Processor design
Processor design is a subfield of computer science and computer engineering (fabrication) that deals with creating a processor, a key component of computer hardware.
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Processor register
A processor register is a quickly accessible location available to a computer's processor.
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R2000 microprocessor
The R2000 is a 32-bit microprocessor chip set developed by MIPS Computer Systems that implemented the MIPS I instruction set architecture (ISA).
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R3000
The R3000 is a 32-bit RISC microprocessor chipset developed by MIPS Computer Systems that implemented the MIPS I instruction set architecture (ISA).
R4000
The R4000 is a microprocessor developed by MIPS Computer Systems that implements the MIPS III instruction set architecture (ISA).
Radiation hardening
Radiation hardening is the process of making electronic components and circuits resistant to damage or malfunction caused by high levels of ionizing radiation (particle radiation and high-energy electromagnetic radiation), especially for environments in outer space (especially beyond low Earth orbit), around nuclear reactors and particle accelerators, or during nuclear accidents or nuclear warfare.
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Radio-Electronics
Radio-Electronics was an American electronics magazine that was published under various titles from 1929 to 2003.
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Random logic
Random logic is a semiconductor circuit design technique that translates high-level logic descriptions directly into hardware features such as AND and OR gates.
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Random-access memory
Random-access memory (RAM) is a form of electronic computer memory that can be read and changed in any order, typically used to store working data and machine code. Microprocessor and Random-access memory are American inventions.
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Ray Holt
Raymond M. Holt (born in 1944, in Compton, California) is a computer designer and businessman in Silicon Valley.
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RCA
The RCA Corporation was a major American electronics company, which was founded in 1919 as the Radio Corporation of America.
RCA 1802
The COSMAC (Complementary Symmetry Monolithic Array Computer) is an 8-bit microprocessor family introduced by RCA.
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Read-only memory
Read-only memory (ROM) is a type of non-volatile memory used in computers and other electronic devices.
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Real-time computer graphics
Real-time computer graphics or real-time rendering is the sub-field of computer graphics focused on producing and analyzing images in real time.
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Reduced instruction set computer
In electronics and computer science, a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) is a computer architecture designed to simplify the individual instructions given to the computer to accomplish tasks.
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Rice University
Rice University, formally William Marsh Rice University, is a private research university in Houston, Texas, United States.
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Self-aligned gate
In semiconductor electronics fabrication technology, a self-aligned gate is a transistor manufacturing approach whereby the gate electrode of a MOSFET (metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor) is used as a mask for the doping of the source and drain regions.
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Semiconductor device fabrication
Semiconductor device fabrication is the process used to manufacture semiconductor devices, typically integrated circuits (ICs) such as computer processors, microcontrollers, and memory chips (such as NAND flash and DRAM).
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Sequent Computer Systems
Sequent Computer Systems was a computer company that designed and manufactured multiprocessing computer systems.
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Sequential logic
In automata theory, sequential logic is a type of logic circuit whose output depends on the present value of its input signals and on the sequence of past inputs, the input history. Microprocessor and sequential logic are digital electronics.
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Signal processing
Signal processing is an electrical engineering subfield that focuses on analyzing, modifying and synthesizing signals, such as sound, images, potential fields, seismic signals, altimetry processing, and scientific measurements. Microprocessor and signal processing are telecommunications engineering.
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Signetics 2650
The Signetics 2650 was an 8-bit microprocessor introduced in July 1975.
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Silicon
Silicon is a chemical element; it has symbol Si and atomic number 14.
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Silicon Graphics
Silicon Graphics, Inc. (stylized as SiliconGraphics before 1999, later rebranded SGI, historically known as Silicon Graphics Computer Systems or SGCS) was an American high-performance computing manufacturer, producing computer hardware and software.
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Silicon on sapphire
Silicon on sapphire (SOS) is a hetero-epitaxial process for metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing that consists of a thin layer (typically thinner than 0.6 μm) of silicon grown on a sapphire wafer.
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Software
Software consists of computer programs that instruct the execution of a computer.
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Source-code compatibility
Source-code compatibility (source-compatible) means that a program can run on computers (or operating systems), independently of binary-code compatibility and that the source code is needed for portability.
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Sovereign immunity
Sovereign immunity, or crown immunity, is a legal doctrine whereby a sovereign or state cannot commit a legal wrong and is immune from civil suit or criminal prosecution, strictly speaking in modern texts in its own courts.
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SPARC
SPARC (Scalable Processor ARChitecture) is a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architecture originally developed by Sun Microsystems.
Stanley Mazor
Stanley Mazor is an American microelectronics engineer.
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Static core
In integrated circuit design, static core generally refers to a microprocessor (MPU) entirely implemented in static logic.
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Status register
A status register, flag register, or condition code register (CCR) is a collection of status flag bits for a processor.
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Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Sun for short) was an American technology company that sold computers, computer components, software, and information technology services and created the Java programming language, the Solaris operating system, ZFS, the Network File System (NFS), and SPARC microprocessors.
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Super Nintendo Entertainment System
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, commonly shortened to Super Nintendo, Super NES or SNES, is a 16-bit home video game console developed by Nintendo that was released in 1990 in Japan and South Korea, 1991 in North America, 1992 in Europe and Oceania and 1993 in South America.
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Supercomputer
A supercomputer is a type of computer with a high level of performance as compared to a general-purpose computer. Microprocessor and supercomputer are American inventions.
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Symmetric multiprocessing
Symmetric multiprocessing or shared-memory multiprocessing (SMP) involves a multiprocessor computer hardware and software architecture where two or more identical processors are connected to a single, shared main memory, have full access to all input and output devices, and are controlled by a single operating system instance that treats all processors equally, reserving none for special purposes.
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System on a chip
A system on a chip or system-on-chip (SoC; pl. SoCs) is an integrated circuit that integrates most or all components of a computer or other electronic system. Microprocessor and system on a chip are microprocessors.
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T. R. Reid
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Teledyne Technologies
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated is an American industrial conglomerate.
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Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) is an American multinational semiconductor company headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
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Texas Instruments TMS1000
The TMS1000 is a family of microcontrollers introduced by Texas Instruments in 1974.
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Thermal management (electronics)
All electronic devices and circuitry generate excess heat and thus require thermal management to improve reliability and prevent premature failure.
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TI-99/4A
The TI-99/4 and TI-99/4A are home computers released by Texas Instruments in 1979 and 1981, respectively.
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TI-990
The TI-990 was a series of 16-bit minicomputers sold by Texas Instruments (TI) in the 1970s and 1980s.
TMS9900
The TMS9900 was one of the first commercially available, single-chip 16-bit microprocessors.
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Transistor
A transistor is a semiconductor device used to amplify or switch electrical signals and power. Microprocessor and transistor are American inventions.
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Transistor count
The transistor count is the number of transistors in an electronic device (typically on a single substrate or silicon die).
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Transistor–transistor logic
Transistor–transistor logic (TTL) is a logic family built from bipolar junction transistors. Microprocessor and Transistor–transistor logic are digital electronics.
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UltraSPARC T1
Sun Microsystems' UltraSPARC T1 microprocessor, known until its 14 November 2005 announcement by its development codename "Niagara", is a multithreading, multicore CPU.
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UltraSPARC T2
Sun Microsystems' UltraSPARC T2 microprocessor is a multithreading, multi-core CPU.
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Unit price
A product's average price is the result of dividing the product's total sales revenue by the total units sold.
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United States Military Standard
A United States defense standard, often called a military standard, "MIL-STD", "MIL-SPEC", or (informally) "MilSpecs", is used to help achieve standardization objectives by the U.S. Department of Defense.
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University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England.
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Unix
Unix (trademarked as UNIX) is a family of multitasking, multi-user computer operating systems that derive from the original AT&T Unix, whose development started in 1969 at the Bell Labs research center by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, and others.
UNIX System V
Unix System V (pronounced: "System Five") is one of the first commercial versions of the Unix operating system.
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UNOS (operating system)
UNOS is the first, now discontinued, 32-bit Unix-like real-time operating system (RTOS) with real-time extensions.
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User interface
In the industrial design field of human–computer interaction, a user interface (UI) is the space where interactions between humans and machines occur.
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Very-large-scale integration
Very-large-scale integration (VLSI) is the process of creating an integrated circuit (IC) by combining millions or billions of MOS transistors onto a single chip. Microprocessor and Very-large-scale integration are telecommunications engineering.
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Viatron
Viatron Computer Systems Corporation, or simply Viatron was an American computer company headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts, and later Burlington, Massachusetts.
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Video game console
A video game console is an electronic device that outputs a video signal or image to display a video game that can be played with a game controller. Microprocessor and video game console are American inventions.
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Video processing
In electronics engineering, video processing is a particular case of signal processing, in particular image processing, which often employs video filters and where the input and output signals are video files or video streams.
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Virtual memory
In computing, virtual memory, or virtual storage, is a memory management technique that provides an "idealized abstraction of the storage resources that are actually available on a given machine" which "creates the illusion to users of a very large (main) memory".
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Vision processing unit
A vision processing unit (VPU) is (as of 2023) an emerging class of microprocessor; it is a specific type of AI accelerator, designed to accelerate machine vision tasks. Microprocessor and vision processing unit are microprocessors.
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Wafer testing
Wafer testing is a step performed during semiconductor device fabrication after the back end of line (BEOL) process is finished.
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WDC 65C02
The Western Design Center (WDC) 65C02 microprocessor is an enhanced CMOS version of the popular nMOS-based 8-bit MOS Technology 6502.
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WDC 65C816
The W65C816S (also 65C816 or 65816) is a 16-bit microprocessor (MPU) developed and sold by the Western Design Center (WDC).
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Western Design Center
The Western Design Center (WDC), located in Mesa, Arizona, is a company which develops intellectual property for, and licenses manufacture of, MOS Technology 65xx based microprocessors, microcontrollers (µCs), and related support devices.
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Western Electric
The Western Electric Company was an American electrical engineering and manufacturing company that operated from 1869 to 1996.
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Windows 7
Windows 7 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft.
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Windows Vista
Windows Vista is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft.
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Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition is an edition of Windows XP for x86-64 personal computers.
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Word (computer architecture)
In computing, a word is the natural unit of data used by a particular processor design.
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Workstation
A workstation is a special computer designed for technical or scientific applications. Microprocessor and workstation are American inventions.
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X86
x86 (also known as 80x86 or the 8086 family) is a family of complex instruction set computer (CISC) instruction set architectures initially developed by Intel based on the 8086 microprocessor and its 8-bit-external-bus variant, the 8088.
X86-64
x86-64 (also known as x64, x86_64, AMD64, and Intel 64) is a 64-bit version of the x86 instruction set, first announced in 1999.
X87
x87 is a floating-point-related subset of the x86 architecture instruction set.
Yonah (microprocessor)
Yonah is the code name of Intel's first generation 65 nm process CPU cores, based on cores of the earlier Banias (130 nm) / Dothan (90 nm) Pentium M microarchitecture.
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Zilog Z80
The Zilog Z80 is an 8-bit microprocessor designed by Zilog that played an important role in the evolution of early computing.
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Zilog Z80000
The Z80000 is Zilog's 32-bit processor, first released in 1986.
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ZX81
The ZX81 is a home computer that was produced by Sinclair Research and manufactured in Dundee, Scotland, by Timex Corporation.
12-bit computing
Before the widespread adoption of ASCII in the late 1960s, six-bit character codes were common and a 12-bit word, which could hold two characters, was a convenient size.
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16-bit computing
16-bit microcomputers are microcomputers that use 16-bit microprocessors.
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32-bit computing
In computer architecture, 32-bit computing refers to computer systems with a processor, memory, and other major system components that operate on data in 32-bit units.
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4-bit computing
4-bit computing is the use of computer architectures in which integers and other data units are 4 bits wide.
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64-bit computing
In computer architecture, 64-bit integers, memory addresses, or other data units are those that are 64 bits wide.
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8-bit computing
In computer architecture, 8-bit integers or other data units are those that are 8 bits wide (1 octet).
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- Competition and credit control (UK)
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- Goatman (urban legend)
- Graphic novel
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- Passer rating
- Pazz & Jop
- Reptation
- Rosa 'Charlotte Brownell'
- Signing Exact English
- Space station
- Unit-linked insurance plan
- Win probability
- Yamaha DT250
- Yerkish
Microprocessors
- 32-bit microprocessors
- Coprocessors
- Digital signal processors
- Embedded microprocessors
- European Processor Initiative
- Floating point unit
- Instruction set architecture
- Interconnect bottleneck
- Latency oriented processor architecture
- List of Russian microprocessors
- List of microprocessors
- Manycore processors
- Media-embedded processor
- Megahertz myth
- Microarchitecture
- Microcontrollers
- Microprocessor
- Microprocessor chronology
- Mobile processor
- Multi-core processor
- Multi-cycle processor
- Multiclet
- Multithreading (computer architecture)
- Ralph Ungermann
- Single cycle processor
- Single-core
- Stack machine
- System on a chip
- TRIPS architecture
- Tensor Processing Unit
- Ultra-low-voltage processor
- Uncore
- Vision processing unit
References
Also known as CPU chip, Digital Processors, Embedded microprocessor, Embedded microprocessors, History of the microprocessor, Micro Processor, Micro-processor, Microchip revolution, Microprocessor unit, Microprocessors, UProcessor, ΜP, ΜProcessor.
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