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Microprocessors


Inside of the mysterious box that perches ominously on your desk is one of
the marvels of the modern world. This marvel is also a total enigma to most of
the population. This enigma is, of course, the microprocessor. To an average
observer a microprocessor is simply a small piece of black plastic that is found
inside of almost everything.
In How Microprocessors Work they are defined as a computer's central
processing unit, usually contained on a single integrated circuit (Wyant and
Hammerstrom, 193). In plain English this simply means that a microprocessor is
the brain of a computer and it is only on one chip. Winn L. Rosch compares them
to being an electronic equivalent of a knee-joint that when struck with the
proper digital stimulus will react in the exact same way each time (Rosch,37).
More practically a microprocessor is multitudinous transistors squeezed onto as
small a piece of silicon as possible to do math problems as fast as possible.......

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