How to Use microprocessor in a Sentence

microprocessor

noun

• The 4-bit and 8-bit microprocessors were new at the time.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 27 May 2023
• If a phone were a PC, the microprocessor inside of it would be front and center.
  — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 5 Dec. 2018
• It is not known whether the microprocessor played a role in either crash.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 29 June 2019
• Sam Kang Zeloof is working on the Z3, a chip that will be capable of adding 1 + 1, as a step to a full microprocessor.
  — Tom Simonite, Wired, 20 Jan. 2022
• Sources familiar with the testing process told CNN Business this week that the new problem is a failure of a microprocessor that could push the nose of the plane toward the ground.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 29 June 2019
• A built-in microprocessor adjusts ankle pressure while a hydraulic system moves the knee to help the user place her foot down in the right place.
  — Travis M. Andrews, chicagotribune.com, 10 June 2017
• John and my idea was, in this fast-changing microprocessor, let’s do the opposite.
  — Eric Johnson, Recode, 25 Apr. 2018
• Video signals sent into the disk controller are read by the microprocessor.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 2 July 2023
• The technology, used in some iPhone and iPads, was a microprocessor that performed tasks faster.
  — Sarah Hauer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 July 2017
• Step 4: Five microprocessors—three to control motion, one for dimming, and one that serves as the brain, which controls the vision system.
  — Dan Dubno, Popular Mechanics, 2 Aug. 2017
• Likewise, in the second prototype, the disk drives were controlled by the main microprocessor.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 2 July 2023
• The sensors on nine of those 10 tags wouldn't communicate with their microprocessors, due to a firmware issue.
  — The Arizona Republic, 20 Mar. 2023
• And in those tiny but vital microprocessors lies the battle for global supremacy between China and the US.
  — Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 3 July 2024
• Start with the most valuable components that make up an iPhone: the touch-screen display, memory chips, microprocessors and so on.
  — Greg Linden, The Conversation, 25 June 2019
• Now there's a new breed of neural net that can run entirely on cheap, low-power microprocessors.
  — Clive Thompson, Wired, 21 Jan. 2020
• Because of the microprocessors, no two Pixies are alike.
  — Elaheh Nozari, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Dec. 2017
• In 1977, after decades of research, the first microprocessor knee was released.
  — Jothy Rosenberg, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• For one, although the microprocessor is built on a substrate of flexible plastic, it was tested on a flat--not bendy--surface.
  — Christopher Intagliata, Scientific American, 24 Aug. 2021
• The units, which include a camera and microprocessor, record when curb space is occupied near the shop and relay that information to the drivers.
  — Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2020
• The cause of the new public relations crisis is the disclosure last week of two new ways to filch data from the microprocessors inside nearly all of the world’s computers.
  — Don Clark, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2018
• A microprocessor on the back of the hand converts the electrical signals to letters that are sent by a Bluetooth connection to an app or computer.
  — Carolyn Wilke, sacbee, 12 July 2017
• The hard part was finding one, due to a global shortage of microprocessor chips that has slashed auto production worldwide.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Apr. 2021
• The impetus for the gains was growing enthusiasm for AMD’s new line of Ryzen microprocessors.
  — Rex Crum, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2017
• The microprocessor packs 9 billion transistors onto a chip in a small package that can power all of a car’s self-driving features.
  — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2018
• Zilog had quickly captured the midrange microprocessor market with its Z80 CPU.
  — Benj Edwards, PCWorld, 8 June 2018
• Fifty years ago this November, America’s Intel laid the foundation of the digital era with the 4004, the world’s first microprocessor.
  — Rich Karlgaard, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021
• AMD's announcement comes as the company is trying to claw its way back to relevance in the PC microprocessor market.
  — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 14 July 2017
• The issue was so troublesome that Sapphire Rapids, the code name for the microprocessor, had to be delayed — the latest in a series of setbacks for one of Intel’s most important products in years.
  — Don Clark, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2023
• Penang has long been an important hub for the manufacture and processing of microprocessors and is now moving up the value chain.
  — Charlie Campbell, TIME, 21 July 2024
• There is also a worldwide chip shortage, as the demand for microprocessors in medical, managerial, and leisure use has increased.
  — Harold James, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024