Electronic Component Computer Central Processing Unit Integrated Circuit Transistors Resistors Diodes Writing Web
Electronic Component Computer Central Processing Unit Integrated Circuit Transistors Resistors Diodes Writing Web
It is a
central processing unit on a single integrated circuit chip containing millions of very small
components including transistors, resistors, and diodes that work together. Microprocessors help
to do everything from writing to searching the Web. Everything a computer does is described by
lots of precise instructions, and microprocessors carry out these instructions at incredible
speedmany millions of times a second. [1]
Microprocessors were invented in the 1970s for use in embedded systems. The majority are still
used that way, in such things as mobile phones, cars, military weapons, and home appliances.
Some microprocessors are microcontrollers, so small and inexpensive that they are used to
control very simple products like flashlights and greeting cards that play music when you open
them. A few especially powerful microprocessors are used in personal computers.