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processor

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


NOUN
central processing unit
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Reports of new U.S. rules to govern artificial-intelligence processor exports won’t help change that.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Nvidia shares rose Wednesday, despite Arm Holdings entering the artificial-intelligence processor market.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

SK Hynix was an early leader in high-bandwidth memory, which enables processor chips made by the likes of Nvidia to carry out speedier AI computations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Amazon will have to hope new hardware such as its collaboration External link with chip start-up Cerebras Systems and its in-house processor development will lower the costs of delivering AI to customers over time.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

Today he’d removed it from the control panel and shut down Festus the figurehead for maintenance—something about rewiring his processor for a motor-control upgrade with the sphere, whatever the heck that meant.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan