microprocessor chip


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electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit

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To do that, we will need to pack qubits together and integrate them, like we do with modern microprocessor chips. That's what this new design aims to achieve.
Super-computing then moved on to massively parallel machines, but first came the arrival of microprocessor chips and then relatively cheap "home computers", leading on to personal computers.
In a related enhancement, Wells Fargo is also issuing EMV-compliant WellsOne Commercial Cards with an embedded microprocessor chip and traditional magnetic stripe to customers; the customer is required to supply a personal identification number at the point of sale.
Chip cards, which are also known as "smart cards" due to the highly powerful microprocessor chip embedded in the card, are the fastest, most secure and versatile tool available today for making cashless payments JKB plans to convert all existing JKB Visa Gold, Classic and Electron magnetic stripe cards by the end of 2005, with all new JKB Visa cardholders to receive chip cards immediately.
And Intel, which makes the Pentium microprocessor chip, has just launched its Express chipset.
"PLC on a Chip" is a programmable logic controller (PLC) on a single microprocessor chip. Sure, it needs to be mounted on something.
Smart cards are the size of a credit card and contain an embedded microprocessor chip that stores digital information.
Most computers today operate on a 32-bit microprocessor chip; back in the 1980s, computers ran on 16-bit chip.
Fast Heat brought out the Pulse II hot-runner control with Mold IQ--the ability to retrieve mold set-up data and operating history from a microprocessor chip embedded in the mold wiring box.
The CAC is based on "smart card" technology that stores and processes information on an integrated microprocessor chip. Embedded within the card, this chip is a small computer without a monitor or power supply.
Smart cards, which look similar to traditional credit cards, feature a microprocessor chip that supports a plethora of applications such as payment processing, digital identification, electronic coupons, membership numbers, store discounts and even receipts.
Smart battery describes UNOVA's patented technology in which a rechargeable battery contains a microprocessor chip that communicates with a host computer to monitor and regulate battery use.
With PNC, each machine axis is governed by its own microprocessor chip that carries the executable program for one part at a time.
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