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A microprocessor is a small silicon chip — rectangular in shape — and usually one square inch. It is made up thousands of transistors that are inter-connected with one another by electronic means. Microprocessors are embedded on motherboards. The function of a microprocessor is to control the arithmetic and logical operations of the Central Processing Unit (CPU). It has two parts: ... Read More »

Change text size for the story Print Report an error The microprocessor is something that most of us interact with every single day and, in my opinion, one of the most underappreciated parts of tech. I usually get strange looks when I ask people if they know what a microprocessor is. Most know that a computer contains a microprocessor. It ... Read More »