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`A central processing unit (CPU) onasingle chip (integrated circuit). The microprocessor
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`term originated in the 1970s, but today, all CPUs are microprocessors,whetherin
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`desktops,laptops, servers, tablets or smartphones (see multicore).
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`CPU, MPU and MP = Processor
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`The terms central processing unit (CPU), microprocessorunit (MPU) and
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`microprocessor(MP) are synonymous. The MP acronym is sometimesspelled “uP” or
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`"uP" (lower case "m"in Greekis a "p!").
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`From 8-Bit to 64-Bit
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`The earliest microprocessors were created by Texas Instruments,Intel and Scotland-
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`based Pico Electronics, but which wasfirst has been debated. First-generation 8-bit
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`microprocessorfamilies were Intel's 8080, Zilog's Z80, Motorola's 6800 and Rockwell's
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`6502.
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`Today, the 32-bit and 64-bit microprocessors found in workstations and serversare x86,
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`POWER and SPARC,while ARM leads the mobile market. The chips usedin toys,
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`appliances, vehicles and myriad other productsare 8-, 16- and 32-bit microcontrollers,
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`whichinclude the microprocessor(see microcontroller). All togetherbillions of
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`microprocessors are made and shipped each year. See chip, embeddedsystem, process
`technology, 16-bit computing, 32-bit computing and 64-bit computing.
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`The 386 Microprocessor
`No technologyis more incredible than the microprocessor. This older 386 chip
`contains a mere 275,000transistors, and someslight detail can be seen.
`Contemporarychipsat this magnification show upas a seaof gray. See chip. (Image
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`Intel 4004
`2,J00 Transistors
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`Intel 8008
`3,500 Transistors
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`intel 8080
`4,000 Transistors
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`Zilog Z80
`6,000 Transistors
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`Motorola 6800
`6,500 Transistors
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`MOS Technologies 6502
`9,000 Transistors
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`Intel 8086
`29,000 Transistors
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`Intel 8088
`29.000 Transistors
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`Motorola 68000
`63,000 Transistors
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`Intel 286
`134,000 Transistors
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`Intel 386
`275,000 Transistors
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`Intel 486
`1,200,000 Transistors
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`IBM/Motorola PowerPC 601
`2,800,000 Transistors
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`Intel Pentium
`3,100,000 Transistors
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`Intel Pentium Il
`7,500,000 Transistors
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`Intel Pentium Ill
`9,500,000 Transistors
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`Intel Pentium 4
`47,000,000 Transistors
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`IBM POWER4+
`180,000,000 Transistors
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`220,000,000 Transistors
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`Intel Itanium 2
`597,000,000 Transistors
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`IBM POWERG
`790,000,000 Transistors
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`SPARC64 XIfx
`3, 750,000,000 Transistors
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`Intel Xeon E7
`4.300,000,000 Transistors
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`Intel Xeon Phi
`8,000,000,000 Transistors
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`AMD Epyc
`79,200,000,000 Transistors
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`From Two Thousandto NineteenBillion
`This is only a sampling of the numberoftransistors on a chip. Other brands have
`similar transistor counts.
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