microprocessor

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He joined Intel in the 1980s and contributed to the company’s golden era, helping build Intel’s chip factories and mass-produce Intel’s 486 microprocessor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

Lynn Conway, who died Sunday at 86, was a leader in the development of personal computers and microprocessor technology, and a symbol for generations of transgender individuals.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025

High-speed, high-capacity memory chips hold and quickly shuttle data to a computer’s microprocessor, which converts it into text, sound and images.

From New York Times • May 16, 2024

On a parabolic flight last year, where John experienced weightlessness for the first time, he found his day-to-day, hi-tech, microprocessor prosthetic leg would need recalibrating.

From BBC • May 8, 2024

These master-regulatory genes work by turning other genes on and off; they can be likened to circuits in a microprocessor.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee