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Parent topics
- Central processing unit [r]: The component in an electronic computer that performs all the active processing of its programming directions, and manipulation of data; this includes performing calculations on numbers, and determining which particular steps to perform. [e]
- Computer [r]: A machine that executes a sequence of instructions. [e]
Subtopics
- Intel 4004 [r]: An early single chip computer chip, from the 1970s, and a lineal ancestor of the Pentium [e]
- Intel 8008 [r]: An early single chip computer chip, from the 1970s, and a lineal ancestor of the Pentium [e]
- Intel 8086 [r]: An early single chip computer with 16-bit architecture, with a more extensive instruction set than the Intel 8080 and greater speed than the Intel 8088 [e]
- Intel 8087 [r]: The floating point co-processor to intel's 8086 and 8088 brands of single chip computers [e]
- Intel 8088 [r]: An early single chip computer with 16-bit architecture, chosen by IBM for the 1979 introduction of the first model of the IBM PC; slower and cheaper than the Intel 8086 [e]
- Intel 80186 [r]: A single chip processor, with 16-bit internal processing and bus, ancestral to Intel's Pentium family of computer chips, faster than the Intel 8086 and slower than the Intel 80286; no virtual memory support [e]
- Intel 80187 [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Intel 80286 [r]: A single chip processor ancestral to Intel's Pentium family of computer chips, a speedier version of the 80186 that added limited virtual memory support [e]
- Intel 80287 [r]: The floating point co-processor for the intel 80286 single chip computer [e]
- Intel 80386 [r]: A single chip processor ancestral to Intel's Pentium family of computer chips , faster than the Intel 80286; it added demand-paged virtual memory [e]
- Intel 80486 [r]: A single chip processer ancestral to intel's Pentium family of single chip computers [e]
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- Advanced Micro Devices [r]: A major manufacturer of integrated circuit chips, especially processors [e]
- IBM [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Intel [r]: A major manufacturer of integrated circuit chips, especially processors; Advisory Committee, Congressional Internet Caucus [e]
- Personal computer [r]: A computer whose price, size, and features make it suitable for personal use. [e]
- Pentium family of computer chips [r]: A successful family of single chip computer, used in most home computers built in the early 2000s [e]
- Pentium 1 [r]: A popular series of single chip computers, descended from intel's 4004 [e]
- Pentium 2 [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Pentium 3 [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Pentium 4 [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Zilog Z80 [r]: An eight-bit microprocessor microprocessor made by Zilog. [e]
