processor design

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processor
noun[C]
uk
/ˈprəʊ.ses.ər/us
/ˈprɑː.ses.ɚ/
the part of a computer that performs operations on the information that is put ...
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design
noun
uk
/dɪˈzaɪn/us
/dɪˈzaɪn/
a drawing or set of drawings showing how a building or product is to be made and how it will work ...
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Theprocessordesignwas completed apart from some minor details.
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However, this put the small company in the difficult position of doing bothprocessordesignand system design.
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A 16-coreprocessordesignwould feature eight of these modules, but the operating system will recognize each module as two logical cores.
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Squin is recognized as one of the pioneers inprocessordesign.
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Depending on the context,processordesignmay be tuned for maximum efficiency or a trade-off for flexibility.
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The changes revolve around chipset andprocessordesign, in conjunction with a rearrangement of functions and controllers.
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The objectives for the project were to provide an open, portable and non-proprietaryprocessordesign, capable to meet future requirements for performance, software compatibility and low system cost.
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The number of digits in a word (the "word size", "word width", or "word length") is an important characteristic of any specificprocessordesignor computer architecture.
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Processor makers often announce details about future processor designs at the symposium.
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It is a versatile processor designed for mobile devices and other low power electronics.
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Successor or derivative processor designs often include all the instructions of a predecessor and may add additional instructions.
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However, processor designs often allow two or more, sometimes simultaneous, page sizes due to the benefits and penalties.
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Early processor designs would carry out all of the steps above for one instruction before moving onto the next.
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It can also be a nuisance that the ever-increasing processor speeds of newer processor designs make this usable time span shorter still.
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