We recently looked at the origins of the integrated circuit (IC) and the calculator, which was the IC’s first killer app, but a surprise twist is that the calculator played a big part in the invention ...

Every computing device from simple toys to large business systems have an essential component called the central processing unit. The CPU performs calculations, makes logical comparisons and moves ...

The microprocessor (or 'processor', or 'CPU') is often called the brain of the computer, and for good reason. It's the backbone of any PC, smartphone, laptop, or tablet, performing billions of ...

The microprocessor is a computer processor of arithmetic, logic, and control circuitry on a single integrated circuit. The ...

Scientists at MIT built a 16-bit microprocessor out of carbon nanotubes and even ran a program on it, a new paper reports. Silicon-based computer processors seem to be approaching a limit to how small ...