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processor

[pros-es-er, proh-ses-] / ˈprɒs ɛs ər, ˈproʊ sɛs- /


NOUN
central processing unit
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Nvidia stock was rising early Wednesday as the chip maker’s shares looked past the entry of Arm Holdings into the artificial-intelligence processor market.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

The largest beef processor in the U.S. by volume is among companies trudging through a nationwide cattle shortage that’s driving up prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Customers are also moving to Arm’s v9 architecture and Neoverse Compute Subsystems processor cores, which means higher royalties per chip.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

Last April, the Commerce Department halted exports of the H20, a processor Nvidia designed especially for the China market, but reversed course in August.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Those machines, like a lot of things required by the USDA, are way too expensive for a small, local meat processor.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan