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processor

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


NOUN
central processing unit
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The giant payroll processor ADP, for example, said private-sector businesses filled 109,000 jobs in April, the biggest gain in 15 months.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

Those three firms dominate the market for memory, which gets used alongside Nvidia’s processor chips for AI computing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Although Google’s TPUs have posed the biggest challenge to Nvidia’s AI processor dominance so far, the rivalry is still a largely amicable one.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

Apple silicon employs what’s called “unified memory,” which puts the main processor, graphics card and RAM on a single chip, reducing lag and increasing bandwidth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

When the food processor hit the wall, the putrid batch of peanut butter splattered.

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff