I maintain my stance that 'microprocessor' is a term used by the
public and media to refer to a series of technical developments, that
are not well considered before calling them microprocessors. In
short, there is no way to define a microprocessor in the technical
sense. TI's 1979 book Understanding Microprocessors defines it as:
A digital integrated unit (or a set of IC's) that contains the
digital functions necessary to be a CPU. It "processes" information
and controls and keeps the system working in harmony as it responds to
the step by step program that the CPU follows.
Nice and circular :)
>what a "microprocessor" is. In fact, the Arabs and the Israelis will
>never have peace until the definition of a microprocessor is agreed
upon
>once and for all (oh yeah, and what "the first" means too).
>
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