Microprocessor - Revision history

Jnc: /* See also */ +Category: Microprocessors

2023-07-11T16:08:03Z

‎See also: +Category: Microprocessors

Jnc: +Cat, to help finding it

2023-07-11T16:04:26Z

+Cat, to help finding it

Larsbrinkhoff: LX-1 microprocessor.

2023-05-29T10:35:30Z

LX-1 microprocessor.

Jnc: /* External links */ +Who Invented The Microprocessor?

2023-04-06T13:40:59Z

‎External links: +Who Invented The Microprocessor?

Jnc: typo

2022-04-27T11:23:04Z

typo

Larsbrinkhoff: Fix link syntax.

2022-04-27T04:46:35Z

Fix link syntax.

Jnc: minor rectification, better cat

2022-04-26T11:07:10Z

minor rectification, better cat

Larsbrinkhoff: /* Alternative meaning */ Fix link.

2021-11-15T17:58:38Z

‎Alternative meaning: Fix link.

Jnc: tweaks

2021-11-14T13:04:11Z

tweaks

Larsbrinkhoff: /* Alternative meaning */ As per "BCC Microprocessor Manual".

2021-10-20T17:27:03Z

‎Alternative meaning: As per "BCC Microprocessor Manual".

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	Before IC microprocessors were common, the term "microprocessor" was in rare use as a portmanteau of "[[microcode]] processor". Examples of this type of usage include [[BCC 500]], [[Maxc]], [[Xerox Alto\|Alto]], [[NORD-10]], [[International Business Machines\|IBM]]'s [[PALM]], and the processor in the [[DV11 Communications Multiplexer]]. The '''LX-1 microcprocessor''' developed at Lincoln Labs is an interesting case since it's ''also'' an integrated circuit.		Before IC microprocessors were common, the term "microprocessor" was in rare use as a portmanteau of "[[microcode]] processor". Examples of this type of usage include [[BCC 500]], [[Maxc]], [[Xerox Alto\|Alto]], [[NORD-10]], [[International Business Machines\|IBM]]'s [[PALM]], and the processor in the [[DV11 Communications Multiplexer]]. The '''LX-1 microcprocessor''' developed at Lincoln Labs is an interesting case since it's ''also'' an integrated circuit.
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		+	==See also==
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		+	* [[:Category: Microprocessors]]

	==External links==		==External links==

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 ==Alternative meaning==
-Before IC microprocessors were common, the term "microprocessor" was in rare use as a portmanteau of "[[microcode]] processor".  Examples of this type of usage include [[BCC 500]], [[Maxc]], [[Xerox Alto|Alto]], [[NORD-10]], [[International Business Machines|IBM]]'s [[PALM]], and the processor in the [[DV11 Communications Multiplexer]].
+Before IC microprocessors were common, the term "microprocessor" was in rare use as a portmanteau of "[[microcode]] processor".  Examples of this type of usage include [[BCC 500]], [[Maxc]], [[Xerox Alto|Alto]], [[NORD-10]], [[International Business Machines|IBM]]'s [[PALM]], and the processor in the [[DV11 Communications Multiplexer]].  The '''LX-1 microcprocessor''' developed at Lincoln Labs is an interesting case since it's ''also'' an integrated circuit.
 ==External links==
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 * [https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-history/silicon-revolution/the-surprising-story-of-the-first-microprocessors The Surprising Story of the First Microprocessors]
 * [https://computerhistory.org/blog/who-invented-the-microprocessor/ Who Invented The Microprocessor?]
 [[Category: Computer Basics]]

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	* [https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-history/silicon-revolution/the-surprising-story-of-the-first-microprocessors The Surprising Story of the First Microprocessors]		* [https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-history/silicon-revolution/the-surprising-story-of-the-first-microprocessors The Surprising Story of the First Microprocessors]
		+	* [https://computerhistory.org/blog/who-invented-the-microprocessor/ Who Invented The Microprocessor?]

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 A '''microprocessor''' is a [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] which is implemented on a single [[integrated circuit]]. A few special-purpose microprocessors have also included [[main memory]] and/or [[read-only memory|ROM]] in the IC chip, but generally (even now) this is usually not included - although for performance reasons, there are generally main memory [[cache]]s on modern microprocessor chips.
-Microprocessors have completely changed the ways in which computers are used. When CPUs were physically large, and built out of many smaller chips (or even individual physical [[transistor]], before that), they were expensive. This more or less mandated their use in ways such as [[time-sharing]], which allowed their costs and overheads to be amortized. Once they became very cheap, constructs such as [[personal computer]]s, and later [[smart-phone]]s, etc, became economically feasible.
+Microprocessors have completely changed the ways in which computers are used. When CPUs were physically large, and built out of many smaller chips (or even individual physical [[transistor]]s, before that), they were expensive. This more or less mandated their use in ways such as [[time-sharing]], which allowed their costs and overheads to be amortized. Once they became very cheap, constructs such as [[personal computer]]s, and later [[smart-phone]]s, etc, became economically feasible.
 The first microprocessors were relatively limited, in architectural terms; IC's of that era were not very large (in terms of the number of transistors they contained), which severely limited the complexity of microprocessors built on them. Contemporary microprocessors have no such limits, and contain tens of millions of transistors, enabling them to use complex techniques such as [[pipeline]]s, [[superscalar]] processing, etc.

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-A '''microprocessor''' is a [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] which is implemented on a single [[integrated circuit]]. A few special-purpose microprocessors have also included [[main memory]] and/or [[ROM]] in the IC chip, but generally (even now) this is usually not included - although for performance reasons, there are generally main memory [[cache]]s on modern microprocessor chips.
+A '''microprocessor''' is a [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] which is implemented on a single [[integrated circuit]]. A few special-purpose microprocessors have also included [[main memory]] and/or [[read-only memory|ROM]] in the IC chip, but generally (even now) this is usually not included - although for performance reasons, there are generally main memory [[cache]]s on modern microprocessor chips.
-Microprocessors have completely changed the ways in which computers are used. When CPUs were physically large, and built out of many smaller chips, they were expensive. This more or less mandated their use in ways such as [[time-sharing]], which allowed their costs and overheads to be amortized. Once they became very cheap, constructs such as [[personal computer]]s, and later [[smart-phone]]s, etc, became economically feasible.
+Microprocessors have completely changed the ways in which computers are used. When CPUs were physically large, and built out of many smaller chips (or even individual physical ]]transistor]], before that), they were expensive. This more or less mandated their use in ways such as [[time-sharing]], which allowed their costs and overheads to be amortized. Once they became very cheap, constructs such as [[personal computer]]s, and later [[smart-phone]]s, etc, became economically feasible.
-The first microprocessors were relatively limited, in architectural terms; IC's of that era were not very large (in terms of the number of [[transistor]]s they contained), which severely limited the complexity of microprocessors built on them. Contemporary microprocessors have no such limits, and contain tens of millions of transistors, enabling them to use complex techniques such as [[pipeline]]s, [[superscalar]] processing, etc.
+The first microprocessors were relatively limited, in architectural terms; IC's of that era were not very large (in terms of the number of transistors they contained), which severely limited the complexity of microprocessors built on them. Contemporary microprocessors have no such limits, and contain tens of millions of transistors, enabling them to use complex techniques such as [[pipeline]]s, [[superscalar]] processing, etc.
 The use of these advanced techniques, added to the reduction in size (thereby reducing speed-of-light signal delays), allows microprocessors to have greatly increased performance over all earlier computers, including [[mainframe]]s. Microprocessors have therefore made essentially all other types of computers obsolete.
-The first widely sucessful microprocessor was the [[Intel 4004]].
+The first widely successful microprocessor was the [[Intel 4004]].
 ==Alternative meaning==
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 * [https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-history/silicon-revolution/the-surprising-story-of-the-first-microprocessors The Surprising Story of the First Microprocessors]
-[[Category: Basics]]
+[[Category: Computer Basics]]