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Slideshow: The 11 most influential microprocessors ever

In the wide field of microprocessors, some chips have stood out for the influence they've had technologically, culturally, and economically. They aren't necessarily the most successful, the best selling, or the most powerful, but they each started an important and persistent trend - an architecture, a marketing concept, or a whole new use for computing.

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News about microprocessors

Article | 13/03/2010 Intel, AMD six-core chips mark an evolution for the desktop
Desktop processor technology took a significant step forward this month with the unveiling of six-core processors by both Advanced Micro Devices Inc. ...
Article | 15/02/2010 Intel experimental processor adapts to environmental challenges on the fly
Intel’s research labs have prototyped a resilient microprocessor that delivers as much as 41 percent more throughput using the same amount of energy a...
Article | 6/02/2010 IBM details world's fastest graphene transistor
Thanks to a change in recipe, IBM has created a graphene-based processor that can execute 100 billion cycles per second (100GHz), almost four times th...
Article | 27/01/2010 IDC: Chip market on way back after recession
A rise in PC chip shipments in the last quarter of 2009 indicates that the market is on its way back after the dark days of the recession, according t...
Article | 10/11/2009 Microprocessor sales reach record levels, says IDC
Intel's Atom processor, which is used in netbooks, helped PC microprocessor makers sell record numbers of chips during the third quarter, although the...

Features about microprocessors

Article | 20/02/2010 Meet Magic-1, the homemade CPU
Have you ever wanted to build your own minicomputer, but felt restricted by the available selection of microprocessors? You may remember Magic-1, the ...