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Microprocessor

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A microprocessor is an electronic computer that is made from many transistors on one or more semiconductor integrated circuits.

The microprocessor was invented by Marcian Ted Hoff in 1971 when he was working for the Intel company.

See also:

  1. Intel 8080
  2. 8085
  3. MOS_Technologies_6502
  4. Zilog Z80
  5. 8086,8088,80286,80386,80486,x86, Intel
  6. Pentium family,Itanium
  7. 68000 family
  8. 320xx microprocessor
  9. PowerPC family - G4
  10. PA-RISC family
  11. StrongARM
  12. DEC Alpha
  13. MIPS architecture


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