query: who introduced the first micro processor in 1971

pos: Microprocessor The first use of the term "microprocessor" is attributed to Viatron Computer Systems describing the custom integrated circuit used in their System 21 small computer system announced in 1968. By the late 1960s, designers were striving to integrate the central processing unit (CPU) functions of a computer onto a handful of very-large-scale integration metal-oxide semiconductor chips, called microprocessor unit (MPU) chipsets. Building on an earlier Busicom design from 1969, Intel introduced the first commercial microprocessor, the 4-bit Intel 4004, in 1971, followed by its 8-bit microprocessor 8008 in 1972. In 1969, Lee Boysel, based on b8-bit arithmetic logic units (3800/3804)

pos: Intel its business was dominated by dynamic random-access memory chips. However, increased competition from Japanese semiconductor manufacturers had, by 1983, dramatically reduced the profitability of this market. The growing success of the IBM personal computer, based on an Intel microprocessor, was among factors that convinced Gordon Moore (CEO since 1975) to shift the company's focus to microprocessors and to change fundamental aspects of that business model. Moore's decision to sole-source Intel's 386 chip played into the company's continuing success. The development of the micro-processor by Intel, (1971): The micro-processor represented a notable advance in the technology of integrated circuitry. A micro-processor

pos: Advanced Micro Devices 1993, AMD introduced the first of the Am486 family of processors, which proved popular with a large number of original equipment manufacturers, including Compaq, which signed an exclusive agreement using the Am486. Another Am486-based processor, the Am5x86, was released in November 1995 and continued AMD's success as a fast, cost-effective processor. Finally, in an agreement effective 1996, AMD received the rights to the microcode in Intel's x386 and x486 processor families, but not the rights to the microcode in the following generations of processors. AMD's first in-house x86 processor was the K5, which was launched in 1996. The "K" was

pos: Intel Microcode of the same x86 instructions. Groups of six micro-operations are packed into a trace line. Complex instructions, such as exception handling, result in jumping to the microcode ROM. During development of the Pentium 4, microcode accounted for 14% of processor bugs versus 30% of processor bugs during development of the Pentium Pro. The Intel Core microarchitecture introduced in 2006 added "micro-operations fusion" for some common pairs of instructions including comparison followed by a jump. The instruction decoders in the Core convert x86 instructions into microcode in three different ways: For Intel's hyper-threading implementation of simultaneous multithreading, the microcode ROM, trace

pos: Advanced Micro Devices alone, and gave them time and money to rework the Nx686. The result was the K6 processor, introduced in 1997. Although the K6 was based on Socket 7, variants such as K6-3/450 were faster than Intel's Pentium II (sixth-generation processor). The K7 was AMD's seventh-generation x86 processor, making its debut on June 23, 1999, under the brand name Athlon. Unlike previous AMD processors, it could not be used on the same motherboards as Intel's, due to licensing issues surrounding Intel's Slot 1 connector, and instead used a Slot A connector, referenced to the Alpha processor bus. The Duron was a

pos: Ball grid array "Micro-FCBGA" (Flip Chip Ball Grid Array) is Intel's current BGA mounting method for mobile processors that use a flip chip binding technology. It was introduced with the "Coppermine" Mobile Celeron. Micro-FCBGA has 479 balls that are 0.78 mm in diameter. The processor is affixed to the motherboard by soldering the balls to the motherboard. This is thinner than a pin grid array socket arrangement, but is not removable. The 479 balls of the Micro-FCBGA Package (a package almost identical to the 478-pin Socketable Micro-FCPGA Package) are arranged as the 6 outer rings of a 1.27 mm pitch (20 balls per

pos: NetBurst (microarchitecture) when executing a new instruction, instead of fetching and decoding the instruction again, the CPU directly accesses the decoded micro-ops from the trace cache, thereby saving considerable time. Moreover, the micro-ops are cached in their predicted path of execution, which means that when instructions are fetched by the CPU from the cache, they are already present in the correct order of execution. Intel later introduced a similar but simpler concept with Sandy Bridge called micro-operation cache (UOP cache). The replay system is a little-known subsystem within the Intel Pentium 4 processor. Its primary function is to catch operations that have

pos: Vinod Dham a patent in 1985 on mixed dielectric process and non-volatile memory device. He then joined Intel Co. as an engineer, where he led the development of the world-famous Pentium processor. He is called the "Pentium Engineer" for his role in the development of the Pentium Micro-Processor. He is also one of the co-inventors of Intel's first Flash Memory Technology (ETOX). He rose to the position of Vice-President of Micro-Processor Group at Intel Co. During a presentation of his work on non-volatile memory for the NCR Microelectronics at an IEEE workshop, he was approached by Intel Co. and in 1979 joined

pos: Advanced Micro Devices up to 1200 baud half duplex or 300/300 full duplex. Beginning in 1986, AMD embraced the perceived shift toward RISC with their own AMD Am29000 (29k) processor; the 29k survived as an embedded processor. The company also increased its EPROM memory market share in the late 1980s. Throughout the 1980s, AMD was a second-source supplier of Intel x86 processors. In 1991, it introduced its own 386-compatible Am386, an AMD-designed chip. Creating its own chips, AMD began to compete directly with Intel. AMD had a large and successful flash memory business, even during the dotcom bust. In 2003, to divest some

pos: Intel Core (microarchitecture) Intel Core (microarchitecture) The Intel Core microarchitecture (previously known as the Next-Generation Micro-Architecture) is a multi-core processor microarchitecture unveiled by Intel in Q1 2006. It is based on the Yonah processor design and can be considered an iteration of the P6 microarchitecture, introduced in 1995 with Pentium Pro. The high power consumption and heat intensity, the resulting inability to effectively increase clock speed, and other shortcomings such as the inefficient pipeline were the primary reasons for which Intel abandoned the NetBurst microarchitecture and switched to completely different architectural design, delivering high efficiency through a small pipeline rather than high clock

pos: Tube (BBC Micro) coprocessor fitted inside the case and another connected externally, but only one could be used in any powered session. An internal 6502 processor could be fitted, or an Intel 80186 based system for DOS compatibility (although in practice this was limited). The Tube was also used during the initial development of the ARM processor. An evaluation board was developed that again used the BBC Micro as a host system for I/O operations. Acorn had strongly discouraged BBC Micro programmers from directly accessing system memory and hardware, favouring official API calls. This was ostensibly to ensure applications could be seamlessly moved

pos: Sony Vaio UX Micro PC is a genuine Micro PC or not. NOTE : Japanese models include 533 MHz memory and so do the minority markets ( Europe, Australia etc. ) models. The US ones do not have 533 MHz but slower 400 MHz. All models share these features: Sony Vaio UX Micro PC The Sony Vaio UX Micro PC is an Ultra-Mobile Portable Computer (UMPC) first marketed in 2006. It weighs around 490–544 g (1.20–1.27 lb), and has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, touchscreen, Intel Core 2 Solo processor, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and WWAN. Though not officially stated as such, and even to a point implied

pos: Sony Vaio UX Micro PC Sony Vaio UX Micro PC The Sony Vaio UX Micro PC is an Ultra-Mobile Portable Computer (UMPC) first marketed in 2006. It weighs around 490–544 g (1.20–1.27 lb), and has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, touchscreen, Intel Core 2 Solo processor, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and WWAN. Though not officially stated as such, and even to a point implied by Sony that the UX is a move in a new direction and not a specific continuation of such, the Sony UX is speculated by some to be the newest model in the popular Sony U-series. However, there is still debate over whether UX

pos: Micro-operation Another way to try to improve performance is to cache the decoded micro-operations, so that if the same macroinstruction is executed again, the processor can directly access the decoded micro-operations from a special cache, instead of decoding them again. The "Execution Trace Cache" found in Intel NetBurst microarchitecture (Pentium 4) is a widespread example of this technique. The size of this cache may be stated in terms of how many thousands of micro-operations it can store: "kμops". Micro-operation In computer central processing units, micro-operations (also known as a micro-ops or μops) are detailed low-level instructions used in some designs to

pos: Merom (microprocessor) name was chosen by the Intel team in Haifa, Israel, who designed this processor. The Core 2 Extreme Mobile processor, based on the Merom XE core, is a mobile CPU designed for laptops. It was released in two models, the X7900 and the X7800. These feature an 800 MT/s FSB. The X7800, introduced on July 16, 2007, is clocked at 2.6 GHz and costs around $851 for OEMs. The processor features a 44 W TDP and requires the new Intel Centrino (Santa Rosa) platform. The X7900, introduced on August 22, 2007, is clocked at 2.8 GHz. The X7900 processor was

pos: Vinod Dham Grove built strategy and organisation for Intel's success in the micro-processor business. At Intel, Dham made a decision to work on processors when he decided to leave R&D. By the time he quit Intel, his achievements reached a great prominence. It was also the time when entrepreneurial revolution in Silicon Valley was at its peak. He came across a company NexGen, a boutique processor design Co. that was eight years old, and joined as COO. NexGen was the only company that was developing Intel-compatible micro-processors at time. Design Engineering team at NexGen proved itself to be very capable but the

pos: Vinod Dham it was the fastest processor in the world.It was the first time ever anybody beat Intel at its own speed game. The success of K6 was critical from one more angle–microprocessors were pricey and that meant; PCs had to be sold for over $1500. AMD under Dham's leadership of the micro-processor business; priced K6 to create a PC below $1000. AMD's ability to give relevant competition to Intel and create a sub-$1000 PC played a key role in creating a sub $1000 category for the first time.This positioning forced Intel to respond initially with a truncated Pentium under the brand

pos: Advanced Micro Devices 1982 agreement was that AMD became a second-source manufacturer of Intel's x86 microprocessors and related chips, and Intel provided AMD with database tapes for its 8086, 80186, and 80286 chips. Beginning in 1982, AMD began volume-producing second-source Intel-licensed 8086, 8088, 80186, and 80188 processors, and by 1984 its own Am286 clone of Intel's 80286 processor, for the rapidly growing market of IBM PCs and IBM clones. It also continued its successful concentration on proprietary bipolar chips. In 1983, it introduced INT.STD.1000, the highest manufacturing quality standard in the industry. The company continued to spend greatly on research and development, and

pos: Orange Micro Sound Blaster chipset, while more affordable options provided software emulation, with the caveat that sound could not be played in MS-DOS software. One of its last PC compatibility offerings was the PCfx!, introduced in late 1998. Sporting a 200 MHz Pentium processor, NVIDIA RIVA 128 chipset, and 32MB to 128MB of SDRAM, the PCfx! was marketed as a way for Macintosh users to play PC games. The need for such specialized compatibility hardware was eliminated after the Apple–Intel transition, particularly after the release of Boot Camp and virtualization software such as Parallels Desktop for Mac and VMware Fusion. Competitors to

pos: Toshiba Libretto used 486 processors from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and were only available in Japan (Although the L30 was also assembled and Marketed in South Korea under the Comos Brand name). Beginning with the "Libretto 50", Toshiba used the Intel Pentium and later Pentium MMX processors. With the introduction of the L series in 2001, a move was made to the Transmeta Crusoe processor. The U100 of 2005 saw a return to Intel with the use of the Pentium M processor. The following models were available: In 2001, Toshiba released the L series range of Librettos. This was the first major

pos: François Gernelle François Gernelle François Gernelle (born December 20, 1944) is a French engineer, computer scientist and entrepreneur famous for inventing the first micro-computer using a micro-processor, the Micral N. In the late 1960s, Gernelle earned an engineering degree at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers. In 1978, he earned a Ph.D in computer science at the Pierre Mendès-France University of Grenoble. In 1968, he was hired by Intertechnique, a company specialized in electronic measurement for aviation. There he discovered the Intel 8008 microprocessor and imagined all its potential applications. As his hierarchy didn't share his views on the i8008 development

pos: High-level language computer architecture a writable control store. These were all mainframes. The Wang 2200 (1973) series were designed with a BASIC interpreter in micro-code. The Pascal MicroEngine (1979) was designed for the UCSD Pascal form of Pascal, and used p-code (Pascal compiler bytecode) as its machine code. This was influential on the later development of Java and Java machines. Lisp machines (1970s and 1980s) were a well-known and influential group of HLLCAs. Intel iAPX 432 (1981) was designed to support Ada. This was Intel's first 32-bit processor design, and was intended to be Intel's main processor family for the 1980s, but failed commercially.

pos: Vinod Dham Intel Co. as engineer, where he worked with the non-volatile memory team and was one of the co-inventor of Intel's first flash memory (ETOX). He later moved to the micro-processor division where he honed his skills for leading the Pentium project by working on two earlier generations of micro-processors-Intel's 386 and 486—in various capacities. In the 1980s, PCs had become mainstream tools for productivity enhancement at the workplace. By the time he started the Pentium project, many established and new players, including AIM consortium (led by Apple, IBM and Motorola) and ACE(Advanced Computing Environment) consortium formed in 1991 and led

pos: Wescom Switching Incorporated 64 kb time-division multiplexing digital network as the basic switching fabric of the 580 DSS. The first product in the family was the 3072 timeslot 580L-PBX which had a set of six Intel 8080 microprocessor pairs, for handling individual tasks in its control complex (State, Database, Console, Register, Trunk and Line micro complexes(CPU, memory, IPBs). Each of these actually consisted of redundant processor cards, and each micro card had dual 8080 chips using hardware matching between two 8080 chips. Faults detected on any of the online micros would automatically switch to its standby copy. Intercommunication between the various micros was

neg: Cuisinart Cuisinart Cuisinart is an American home appliance brand owned by Conair Corporation. The company was started in 1971 by Carl Sontheimer to bring an electric food processor to the US market. The "Food Processor" was the first model, introduced at a food show in Chicago in 1973. Cuisinart became the property of Conair Corporation in 1989. Cuisinart was founded in 1971 by Carl Sontheimer, a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology who was inspired by his love of French food. This led to the creation of Cuisinart and its main product, the food processor. Cuisinart introduced its brand in January

neg: Micro-Partitioning currently configured processing capacity, whereas an uncapped partition can exceed the currently configured processing capacity up to 100% of the number of the currently configured virtual processors. If the shared processor partition is DLPAR capable, the number of virtual processors and processing capacity can be altered dynamically for the partition. Micro-Partitioning Micro-Partitioning is a form of logical partitioning which was introduced by IBM on systems using the POWER5 processor, and is also referred to as a shared processor partition, and only differs from a dedicated processor partition in the way CPU utilization is configured and managed by the POWER Hypervisor

neg: Micro-Partitioning Micro-Partitioning Micro-Partitioning is a form of logical partitioning which was introduced by IBM on systems using the POWER5 processor, and is also referred to as a shared processor partition, and only differs from a dedicated processor partition in the way CPU utilization is configured and managed by the POWER Hypervisor (PHYP) firmware. All IBM POWER5 and POWER6 systems are partitioned and will run "on top" of the PHYP. The POWER Hypervisor controls time slicing, management of all hardware interrupts, dynamic movement of resources across multiple operating systems, and dispatching of logical partition workloads. When a shared processor partition is activated

neg: Industrial robot receiving a fellowship from Unimation to develop his designs, sold those designs to Unimation who further developed them with support from General Motors and later marketed it as the Programmable Universal Machine for Assembly (PUMA). Industrial robotics took off quite quickly in Europe, with both ABB Robotics and KUKA Robotics bringing robots to the market in 1973. ABB Robotics (formerly ASEA) introduced IRB 6, among the world's first "commercially available" all electric micro-processor controlled robot. The first two IRB 6 robots were sold to Magnusson in Sweden for grinding and polishing pipe bends and were installed in production in January

neg: UNIVAC 1100/2200 series be rented for $127,764. a month, or leased (5 year) for $95,844. a month. Monthly maintenance was $10,235 on this configuration. It was fairly common to discount list prices for large and/or Government customers. The UNIVAC 1100/60 was introduced in 1979. It replaced the 1108/1106-based 1100/10 and 1100/20 systems. The 1100/60 System was available in both Single Processor 1100/61 (Model C1) and Dual Processor 1100/62 (Model H1) configurations. It was implemented using custom Sperry Univac designed Micro-Processor Integrated Circuits. Main Storage (524K to 1048K) words per CPU, optional Semiconductor Buffer Storage (up to 8K words per CPU), and the Input/Output

neg: BBC Micro expansion unit BBC Micro expansion unit A BBC Micro expansion unit, for the BBC Micro is one of a number of peripherals in a box with the same profile and styling as the main computer. The second processors are connected to Acorn's proprietary and trademarked "Tube" interface. Only one second processor could be connected at a time. The terminology of "second" processor was slightly misleading, since connected and switched on, the system worked on a "master-slave" model, with the processor in the external unit taking control while the 6502 in the "main" computer simply took on responsibility for I/O. The 6502 Second

neg: Nintendo video game consoles processor and a custom Zilog Z80 central processing unit. It was made to compete with the WonderSwan Color and the Neo Geo Pocket. Its best selling game was "Pokémon Gold" and "Silver" series. In 2001, Nintendo introduced the Game Boy Advance, the first major technological upgrade to the Game Boy line. Nintendo later released two revised models of the Game Boy Advance, the Game Boy Advance SP and the Game Boy Micro. The Game Boy Advance SP features a smaller clamshell design, and introduced a built-in screen light and rechargeable battery which became standard features for future Nintendo handhelds. The

neg: MediaGX MediaGX The MediaGX CPU is an x86 compatible processor that was manufactured and designed by Cyrix and later after merger manufactured by National Semiconductor, and was introduced in 1997. The core is based on the integration of the Cyrix Cx5x86 CPU core with hardware to process video and audio output (XpressRAM, XpressGRAPHICS, XpressAUDIO). Following the buyout of Cyrix by National Semiconductor and the sale of the Cyrix name and trademarks to VIA Technologies, the core was developed by National Semiconductor into the Geode line of processors, which was subsequently sold to Advanced Micro Devices. Whether this processor belongs in the

neg: Wordwise advanced as the competing 'View' word processor from Acornsoft. Wordwise menu: The program was upgraded in 1984 with the introduction of 'Wordwise Plus', on a 16K ROM. This introduced new features such as 'contiguous files', which used the entire space on an attached disk-drive as virtual memory. (The original Wordwise program limited the document size to 27K - the amount of usable RAM on a 32K BBC Micro Model B), up to 11 documents in memory simultaneously (1x main text document, and 10x 'Segments'), and a Macro-programming language, along with compatibility with the 6502 Second Processor. Wordwise Plus main menu:

neg: Advanced Micro Devices several UMPC designs in Asia markets, as well as the OLPC XO-1 computer, an inexpensive laptop computer intended to be distributed to children in developing countries around the world. The Geode LX processor was announced in 2005 and is said will continue to be available through 2015. AMD has also introduced 64-bit processors into its embedded product line starting with the AMD Opteron processor. Leveraging the high throughput enabled through HyperTransport and the Direct Connect Architecture these server class processors have been targeted at high-end telecom and storage applications. In 2007, AMD added the AMD Athlon, AMD Turion, and Mobile

neg: Sharp QT-8D were also used as the basis of the Sharp EL-8, one of the first mass-produced hand-held electronic calculators, introduced in 1971. Sharp also built OEM versions of the QT-8D for the Swedish office machine company Facit and its subsidiary Addo, which sold them as the Facit 1115 and the Addo-X 9354. These had the same internals as the QT-8D but used a different case and keycaps. The Soviet-built Elektronika EKVM 24-71, introduced in 1971, was reverse-engineered from the Sharp QT-8D with minor differences. Sharp QT-8D The Sharp QT-8D Micro Compet, a small electronic desktop calculator, was the first mass-produced calculator

neg: IBM 9370 among other things - replacing the 9332 FBA drives with CKD enabled DASDs. In 1988, "Distributed Processing Programming Executive" DPPX/370 for ES/9370 was made available to customers wanting to migrate from the IBM 8100 running DPPX. The "Micro Channel 370" Models 010, 012, 014 (later 110, 112, 114) ES/9371 introduced in 1990 used the Micro Channel bus and a 386 CPU for input/output (I/O) processing. Additionally, a dual-processor model was offered, providing a second 386 CPU for DOS and OS/2 applications, implementing a high-speed link between the processors. With the models mentioned, APPC support was added, using LU6.2 based on

neg: LG Optimus 2X taking 16 months to receive a firmware update from Android 2.2 to 2.3. The LG Optimus 2X holds the Guinness World Record for being the first mobile phone to use a dual-core processor. It is also the first smartphone to feature the Nvidia Tegra 2, a dual-core processor clocked at 1 GHz or 1.2 Ghz. It also has a micro HDMI port and an 8-megapixel camera. Through the micro HDMI port the Optimus 2X is capable of HD playback when connected to an HD device, such as an HDTV. The LG Optimus 2X has a 4-inch LCD IPS capacitive touch-screen,

neg: Rollei the "AE-1" (the first 35 mm SLR to include a micro-processor), and Minolta introduced the "XD-7" (the first SLR to feature multiple automatic exposure modes – shutter priority and aperture priority), camera buyers lost interest in Rollei and its products; on the other hand, very few noticed the flaws either. As a result, Rollei was relegated to the fringe, its sales lagging well behind Minolta, Pentax, Canon, Nikon and Contax-Yashica. In the mid-1970s, third-party lenses increased in popularity. This trend made it difficult for Rollei to maintain its declining market share because third-party lens makers were reluctant to produce Rollei-compatible

neg: Canon Inc. a semi-transparent stationary mirror which enabled the taking of pictures through the mirror. In 1971 Canon introduced the F-1, a high-end SLR camera, and the FD lens range. In 1976 Canon launched the AE-1, the world’s first camera with an embedded micro-computer. In 1982 "Wildlife as Canon Sees It" print ads first appeared in "National Geographic" magazine. Canon introduced their Inkjet printer using bubble-jet technology in 1985. (1 year after HP) Canon introduced Canon Electro-Optical System (EOS) in 1987, named after the goddess of the dawn. EOS 650 autofocus SLR camera is introduced. Also in 1987 the Canon Foundation was

neg: Neeraj Kumar (police officer) of Police/Traffic, Dy. Commissioner of Police/South and Dy. Commissioner of Police/Crime etc. His role in handling the 1984 riots as the Additional DCP of Central District was praised by various Commissions of Enquiry appointed by the Government to probe the role of the police during the riots. During his tenure in Traffic Police, he introduced several innovations including the Pre Paid Taxi service at the Airport (operational till date), free eye camp for truck drivers, introduction of micro-processor based traffic signals etc. As DCP/South, he is remembered as a people friendly DCP, who cracked the serial crimes being committed by

neg: Tube (BBC Micro) Processor Unit. Numerous coprocessors were developed for the Tube. Most commonly seen was a MOS Technology 6502 processor which allowed unmodified BBC Micro programs to run faster and with more memory, as long as they used the API for all I/O. There was also a Zilog Z80 processor to run CP/M and a National Semiconductor 32016 processor running Panos (and unofficially a UNIX variant). These coprocessors formed the basis of the Acorn Business Computer series, the higher end machines being repackaged BBC Micros with a coprocessor attached via the Tube. The Master Series supported two Tube connections, allowing for a

neg: BBC Micro ARM1. Furber composed a reference model of the processor on the BBC Micro with 808 lines of BASIC, and ARM Holdings retains copies of the code for intellectual property purposes. The first prototype ARM platforms, the ARM Evaluation System and the A500 workstation, functioned as second processors attached to the BBC Micro's Tube interface. Acorn staff developed the A500's operating system "in situ" through the Tube until, one by one, the on-board I/O ports were enabled and the A500 ran as a stand-alone computer. With an upgraded processor this was eventually released during 1987 as four models in the "Archimedes"

neg: Sony Xperia M4 Aqua processor and also Sony’s first water-resistant smartphone to feature an exposed micro USB port (cap-less microUSB charging). Similar to the Xperia Z3, the design consists of a plastic frame instead of metal with a plastic backing. The device carries the IP rating of IP65 and IP68. Also, the micro-USB port of the device is uncovered unlike the other Xperia devices. The device features a 720p display with a density of 294 ppi. The device features a Snapdragon 615 (MSM8939) octa-core processor clocked at 1.5 GHz along with 2 GB RAM. The Xperia M4 Aqua's rear-facing camera is 13 megapixel with

neg: Pentium Pro whereas the simple decoders can generate one micro-op each per cycle. Thus, x86 instructions that operate on the memory (e.g., add this register to this location in the memory) can only be processed by the general decoder, as this operation requires a minimum of three micro-ops. Likewise, the simple decoders are limited to instructions that can be translated into one micro-op. Instructions that require more micro-ops than four are translated with the assistance of a sequencer, which generates the required micro-ops over multiple clock cycles. The Pentium Pro was the first processor in the x86-family to support upgradeable microcode under

neg: National Semiconductor SC/MP microcontroller produced by Science of Cambridge (later Sinclair Research Ltd) called the MK14. Montgomery Elevator Co of Moline IL (later purchased by KONE, Inc) used the SC/MP as the basis for its first micro processor based elevator controller released in 1975. There are still many of these units running in buildings across the U.S.A. National Semiconductor SC/MP The SC/MP from National Semiconductor is an early microprocessor, which became available in early 1974. The name SC/MP (pronounced "Scamp") is an acronym for: "Simple Cost-effective Micro Processor". It features a 16-bit address and an 8-bit data bus. The program counter will roll-over

neg: Laminated veneer lumber to develop a laminated veneer lumber of a scale large enough to be used in construction. In 1971 "Micro=Lam LVL" was introduced. "Micro=Lam LVL" consisted of laminated veneer lumber billets 4 feet wide, 3-1/2 inches thick, and 80 feet long. Troutner proved the structural capabilities of his Micro=Lam product by building a house in Hagerman, Idaho using beams made of Micro=Lam. Most corporations considered Troutner's invention to be a niche product and it was not until the mid 1980s when logging became an environmental concern and corporations moved toward engineered lumber that LVL became widespread in use. Laminated veneer lumber

neg: Micro Cars air conditioner, 13" wheel rim, radio CD/cassette player, electric windows, and remote central locking. Micro Trend The Micro Trend is a city car designed by Italy's Pininfarina and Hafei Motors. It was first introduced in January 2003 and sales began by April 2003. However, in 2010 they introduced a new version of the Micro Trend, with the first batch of New Trend cars on sale by early March 2011. Micro MX7 Mark II The Micro MX7 is a traditional saloon car designed by Pininfarina and powered by a Mitsubishi petrol engine producing . Micro MPV is the Company's first mini

neg: Shinjin Micro Bus Industry Co., Ltd after they acquired Saenara Motors as the bus production and marquee remains. Shinjin Motor (1955~1971) Shinjin Motors GM Daewoo Shinjin Micro Bus Shinjin H-SJ Micro Bus was introduced in 1962 as part of growing company at Shinjin Industrial Company. This is 25 seat yellow micro bus that started Shinjin's bus industry. The chassis, engine, powertrain and wheels are from old military surplus that they used to assembled. They had old steel drum scrap was shaped into the body as the early production started. In 1965, at the Seoul area they have both blue and cyan horizontal stripes

neg: 1-bit architecture 2017. 1-bit architecture A 1-bit computer architecture is an instruction set architecture for a processor that has datapath widths and data register widths of 1 bit (1/8 octet) wide. An example of a 1-bit computer built from discrete logic SSI chips were the Wang 700 (1968/1970) and Wang 500 (1970/1971) calculator as well as the Wang 1200 (1971/1972) word processor series of Wang Laboratories. An example of a 1-bit architecture that was marketed as a CPU is the Motorola MC14500B Industrial Control Unit (ICU), introduced in 1977 and manufactured at least up into the mid 1990s. One of the computers

neg: 1-bit architecture 1-bit architecture A 1-bit computer architecture is an instruction set architecture for a processor that has datapath widths and data register widths of 1 bit (1/8 octet) wide. An example of a 1-bit computer built from discrete logic SSI chips were the Wang 700 (1968/1970) and Wang 500 (1970/1971) calculator as well as the Wang 1200 (1971/1972) word processor series of Wang Laboratories. An example of a 1-bit architecture that was marketed as a CPU is the Motorola MC14500B Industrial Control Unit (ICU), introduced in 1977 and manufactured at least up into the mid 1990s. One of the computers known

neg: Panos (operating system) Panos (operating system) PANOS is a discontinued computer operating system developed by Acorn Computers in the 1980s and released in 1985, which ran on the 32016 Second Processor for the BBC Micro and the Acorn Cambridge Workstation. These systems had essentially the same architecture, based on a 32-bit NS32016 CPU; the ACW having a BBC Micro-based "I/O processor". Access to the I/O processor was through a NS32016 firmware kernel called "Pandora". Panos ran on the NS32016 and was a rudimentary single-user operating system, written in Modula-2. It provided a simple command line interpreter, a text editor and access to DFS,

neg: Energy Micro companies. The Chairman is Torleif Ahlsand from Northzone Ventures, and Board Member Steinar Fossen from Investinor joined after the two VC companies invested a total of US$13 million in Energy Micro's first funding round. On June 7, 2013, Energy Micro was acquired by Silicon Labs. Energy Micro Energy Micro AS was a Norwegian fabless semiconductor company specializing in 32-bit RISC ARM chips now owned by Silicon Labs. The company focuses on ultra low energy consumption MCUs, SoC radios and RF Transceiver. Its EFM32 microcontroller families are based on the ARM Cortex-M0 or M3 processor core with a feature set for

neg: Intel Microcode RISC-style micro-operations that are specific to a particular processor and stepping level. On the Pentium Pro, each micro-operation is 72-bits wide, or 118-bits wide. This includes two source fields, and one destination field, with the ability to hold a 32-bit immediate value. The Pentium Pro is able to detect parity errors in its internal microcode and report these via the Machine Check Architecture. Micro-operations have a consistent format with up to three source inputs, and two destination outputs. The processor performs register renaming to map these inputs to and from the real register file (RRF) before and after their execution.

neg: Micro black hole a quantum gravity candidate. Micro black hole Micro black holes, also called quantum mechanical black holes or mini black holes, are hypothetical tiny black holes, for which quantum mechanical effects play an important role. The concept that black holes may exist that are smaller than stellar mass was introduced in 1971 by Stephen Hawking. It is possible that such quantum primordial black holes were created in the high-density environment of the early Universe (or big bang), or possibly through subsequent phase transitions. They might be observed by astrophysicists through the particles they are expected to emit by Hawking radiation. Some

neg: Micro black hole Micro black hole Micro black holes, also called quantum mechanical black holes or mini black holes, are hypothetical tiny black holes, for which quantum mechanical effects play an important role. The concept that black holes may exist that are smaller than stellar mass was introduced in 1971 by Stephen Hawking. It is possible that such quantum primordial black holes were created in the high-density environment of the early Universe (or big bang), or possibly through subsequent phase transitions. They might be observed by astrophysicists through the particles they are expected to emit by Hawking radiation. Some hypotheses involving additional space

neg: Acer Liquid E E Ferrari Edition with the new Acer-made Breeze UI. For those who prefer the stock Android UI, it is possible to change this in the phone settings. The processor installed was a Qualcomm 8250 clocked at 768 MHz. It has 512 MB of RAM, twice the amount of the Liquid A1. The 512 MB of internal flash memory is mostly designated to use by the phone's own system. The phone has a Micro-SD expansion port that allows users to install a Micro-SD card of up to 32 GB. Normally the Liquid E was shipped with a 2 GB Micro-SD card.

neg: François Gernelle designed, using an 8 bit mono-tasking mono-user i8088 powered by a poor operating system. In his mind, this kind of poor computer design was a dead-end at a time where really good micro-processors existed and offered capacity to design powerful multi-user and multi-tasking systems at medium and even low cost. In 1983, he resigned from Bull and founded a new company named which will create professional computers powered by . François Gernelle François Gernelle (born December 20, 1944) is a French engineer, computer scientist and entrepreneur famous for inventing the first micro-computer using a micro-processor, the Micral N. In the

neg: Micro-Partitioning by the PHYP, the LPAR is guaranteed a certain processing capacity, if needed, and a number of virtual processors, based on configuration and current availability. The processing capacity is drawn from a pool of shared processor resources. The minimum processing capacity per processor is 1/10 of a physical processor core, with a further granularity of 1/100, and the PHYP uses a 10 ms time slicing dispatch window for scheduling all shared processor partitions' virtual processor queues to the PHYP physical processor core queues. A shared processor partition can be either "capped" or "uncapped". A capped partition can never exceed the

neg: Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems 9830 calculator but $400 for both kits was a fraction of the HP price. The feature and price information is from advertisements in "Radio-Electronics" magazine (issue date shown). The 816 price is from the original article in "Popular Electronics". Bowmar Instrument Corporation introduced the "Bowmar Brain", a four-function pocket calculator, in September 1971 and the $179 calculator sold over 500,000 copies in the first year. Bowmar then developed the "901B" calculator that was priced at $120. In September 1972, Texas Instruments (TI) introduced the TI-2500 portable four-function calculator that also sold for $120. The 901B and the TI-2500 both used

neg: 3rd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion The new seeker enhanced the missile's target detection capabilities, allowing it to discriminate between a target, countermeasures, and background clutter. Development of Stinger-POST began in 1971, with production running from 1981 to 1987. By 1987, when production of both the basic Stinger and Stinger-POST ended, more than 15,000 basic Stingers and almost 600 Stinger POST missiles had been produced. The Stinger-Reprogrammable Micro Processor (RMP) variant added additional microprocessor power and was highly resistant to countermeasures. External software reprogrammability allowed upgrades without costly retrofit as air threats evolved. Upgrades to the Stinger-RMP missile corrected known operational deficiencies, which were discovered during

neg: Planner (programming language) program verification, by Earl Sacerdoti for planning and execution monitoring, by Jean-Claude Latombe for computer-aided design, by Richard Fikes for deductive retrieval, and by Steven Coles for an early expert system that guided use of an econometric model. Computers were expensive. They had only a single slow processor and their memories were very small by comparison with today. So Planner adopted some efficiency expedients including the following: Gerry Sussman, Eugene Charniak, Seymour Papert and Terry Winograd visited the University of Edinburgh in 1971, spreading the news about Micro-Planner and SHRDLU and casting doubt on the resolution uniform proof procedure approach

neg: Government Engineering College, Dahod Analog and Digital Communication, Microwave, VLSI Design and Signal Processing. Department has Computer Centre with all latest computer facilities. Every year, modern equipment is being purchased to remain in tune with the advancement in the field of Electronics & Communication, Microwave and Information Technology etc. The Computer laboratory of this department is equipped with computer systems latest processor with multimedia, software and LAN systems. Areas of Electronics & Communication – Analog & Digital Electronics, Analog & Digital Communication, Antenna Systems, Microwave Engineering, Fiber Optic Communication, Computer Hardware and Networking, Micro Processor and Micro Controller, Digital Signal Processing, VLSI Design. Computer

neg: XGameStation a custom written XGS Basic are also available. The XGS Basic code runs on both systems without modification. Unlike the XGS Micro Edition, code cannot be edited on the system itself - a PC is required. The XGS AVR 8-Bit processor is an Atmel MEGA AVR 644P with 64K FLASH and 4K SRAM running at over 28 MIPS. The XGS PIC 16-Bit processor is a PIC24 with 256K FLASH and 16K SRAM running at over 40 MIPS. In 2006 Andre LaMothe launched his new HYDRA Game Development Kit, a much more powerful system than the XGS Micro Edition. Unlike the

neg: Micro-Threads (multi core) very small. Each micro-thread runs one or two simple but critical functions. Second, micro-threads context include only the register file of the core currently the micro-thread is executing on. Third, micro-threads are context switched to core's dedicated cache, which makes this process very fast and efficient. As microprocessors are becoming faster, mainly because of the cores being added every few months, memory latency gap is becoming wider. Memory latency was few cycles in 1980 and it is reaching nowadays almost 1000 cycles. If the micro-processor has enough cores and hopefully they are not sending requests to the main memory at

neg: FTL Newsfeed of the ongoing projects of the CB is to completely centralize individual credit within each of the combines. It's been moderately successful in the NACPS and the HC, but has met with stiff resistance in the EC and NAU. To attain this goal, CenBank introduced the "Credit Chip". The Credit Chip is a micro-processor implanted in the flesh of the left fifth digit. This is electronically linked to the individual's CenBank credit account. The individual's employer makes deposits directly to the account at CenBank. One purchases by inserting the pinky into a slot and the price of the purchase is

neg: ARM architecture each of these to include or exclude optional capabilities. The British computer manufacturer Acorn Computers first developed the Acorn RISC Machine architecture (ARM) in the 1980s to use in its personal computers. Its first ARM-based products were coprocessor modules for the BBC Micro series of computers. After the successful BBC Micro computer, Acorn Computers considered how to move on from the relatively simple MOS Technology 6502 processor to address business markets like the one that was soon dominated by the IBM PC, launched in 1981. The "Acorn Business Computer" (ABC) plan required that a number of second processors be made

neg: Sharp QT-8B Sharp QT-8B The Sharp QT-8B Micro Compet, a portable electronic desktop calculator, was the first mass-produced calculator to be battery-powered. Introduced in mid-1970, it was based on its immediate predecessor, the QT-8D introduced in late 1969, but it replaced the QT-8D's integrated power supply with a rechargeable battery pack. It has the same calculating integrated circuits as the QT-8D and is of similar appearance and dimensions; the power supply is the only major difference. The QT-8B's release price in Japan was 117,000 yen. The U.S. price in mid-1971 was $495, equivalent to about $2,700 in 2010. These prices were somewhat

neg: Logical partition across multiple machines. On IBM System p POWER hardware, LPARs are managed by PHYP (the POWER Hypervisor). PHYP acts as a virtual switch between the LPARs and also handles the virtual SCSI traffic between LPARs. Micro-Partitioning supports 10 times as many LPARs as processors with fractional allocations. It was introduced with the POWER5 processor. All IBM POWER5 and POWER6 systems may be partitioned. Note that a full system partition may be defined where all resources are consumed by a single partition. System P servers with PowerVM enabled allow LPARs with shared CPUs to delegate their unused cycles into the shared

neg: Bill Gurley investment career, Gurley was a design engineer at Compaq Computer, where he worked on products such as the 486/50 and Compaq's first multi-processor server. Before Compaq, he worked in the technical marketing group of Advanced Micro Devices' embedded processor division. With both a financial and engineering background he “has a way of sizing things up that makes him both intriguing and highly quotable." Before joining Benchmark in 1999, Gurley was a partner at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. He had also spent four years on Wall Street as a research analyst, including three years at CS First Boston. He was considered

neg: Advanced Micro Devices 64-bit extension to the x86 instruction set (called x86-64, AMD64, or x64), the incorporation of an on-chip memory controller, and the implementation of an extremely high performance point-to-point interconnect called HyperTransport, as part of the Direct Connect Architecture. The technology was initially launched as the Opteron server-oriented processor on April 22, 2003. Shortly thereafter it was incorporated into a product for desktop PCs, branded Athlon 64. On April 21, 2005, AMD released the first dual core Opteron, an x86-based server CPU. A month later, AMD released the Athlon 64 X2, the first desktop-based dual core processor family. In May 2007,

neg: Superscalar processor superscalar execution, because RISC architectures frees transistors and die area which could be used to include multiple execution units (this was why RISC designs were faster than CISC designs through the 1980s and into the 1990s). Except for CPUs used in low-power applications, embedded systems, and battery-powered devices, essentially all general-purpose CPUs developed since about 1998 are superscalar. The P5 Pentium was the first superscalar x86 processor; the Nx586, P6 Pentium Pro and AMD K5 were among the first designs which decode x86-instructions asynchronously into dynamic microcode-like "micro-op" sequences prior to actual execution on a superscalar microarchitecture; this opened up

neg: EMD SD40 by the more modern SD40-2, a large proportion of SD40 have been upgraded with more modern equipments. The main difference between rebuilt SD40 and genuine SD40-2 is that the latter uses a longer frame and has longer front and rear porches while the rebuilt SD40 have a shorter frame A common product of rebuilding SD40s, and sometimes SD40-2s, is an SD40-3. The major addition denotes that the rebuilt unit or units as an SD40-3 is the addition of a micro-processor, and sometimes other modern components. The usual reasons for installing a micro-processor are improved traction control, and better fuel economy

neg: Micro Channel architecture lines can be shared to provide more possible interrupts, addressing the ISA-bus interrupt line conflict problems. All interrupt request signals were "public" on Micro Channel architecture permitting any card on the bus to function as an I/O processor for direct service of I/O device interrupts. ISA had limited all such processing to just the system's CPU. Likewise, bus master request and grant signals were public, such that bus attached devices could monitor latency to control internal buffering for I/O processors. These features were not adopted for PCI, requiring all I/O support to come uniquely from the system board processor. The

neg: Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology systems, PICSTART plus programmer (Target board 16F877 microchip), In-Circuit Debugger, PICKER-II Starter Kit, PIC Micro Controller Kit, PIC Micro Programmer, 8051 Micro Controller Kit, 16F877 Micro-Controller Chips, Micro Processor Kits, and Interface Modules. Modernized Digital Signal Processing laboratories, new Power Electronics, Data Acquisition and Control System laboratories have been set up. The Project Laboratory has excellent facilities for in-house student project works. It is well equipped with Pentium IV computer systems with PCB design software, Litho Film Photographic Camera, Film Inspection Table, UV-exposure, Photo resist dip coating unit, PCB baking oven, Spray etching machine, Screen Printing complete unit, Plate shearing

neg: BBC Micro expansion unit was the second processor-specific version of Elite. The Z80 Second Processor required the floppy disc upgrade: it was aimed at business and enabled the BBC system to run CP/M programs. It came with a suite of software that included the COBOL programming language. It ran at 6 MHz and had 64 KB of RAM. A sophisticated second processor sometimes branded as "Acorn Cambridge Co-Processor" with an Acorn logo, and sometimes as "BBC Microcomputer System 32016 Second Processor" along with the BBC Micro's owl logo. The device uses the National Semiconductor 32016 CPU and National Semiconductor 32081 FPU running at 6

neg: MOS Technology 6502 was the Apple I microcomputer, introduced in 1976. The 6502 was next used in the Commodore PET and the Apple II, both released in 1977. It was later used in the Atari 8-bit family and Acorn Atom home computers, the BBC Micro, Commodore VIC-20 and other designs both for home computers and business, such as Ohio Scientific and Oric. The 6510, a direct successor of the 6502 with a digital I/O port and a tri-state address bus, was the CPU utilized in the best-selling Commodore 64 home computer. Commodore's floppy disk drive, the 1541, had a processor of its own—it

neg: Food processor this evolved into Robot-Coupe, a company established to manufacture commercial "food processors" for the catering industry. In the late 1960s, a commercial food processor driven by a powerful commercial induction motor was produced. Robot-Coupe's Magimix food processor arrived from France in the UK in 1974, beginning with the Model 1800. Then, a UK company Kenwood Limited started their own first Kenwood Food Processor, 'processor de- luxe,' in 1979. Carl Sontheimer introduced this same Magimix 1800 food processor to North America in 1973 under the Cuisinart brand, as America's first domestic food processor. Sontheimer contracted with a Japanese manufacturer to produce

neg: IBM Personal Computer The IBM PS/2 line was introduced in 1987. The Model 30 at the bottom end of the lineup was very similar to earlier models; it used an 8086 processor and an ISA bus. The Model 30 was not "IBM compatible" in that it did not have standard 5.25-inch drive bays; it came with a 3.5-inch floppy drive and optionally a 3.5-inch-sized hard disk. Most models in the PS/2 line further departed from "IBM compatible" by replacing the ISA bus completely with Micro Channel Architecture. The MCA bus was not received well by the customer base for PC's, since it was

neg: Creative Technology "stereo" aspect of the Sound Blaster (only the C/MS chips were capable of stereo, not the complete product) to calling the sound producing micro-controller a "DSP," hoping to associate the product with a digital signal processor (the DSP could encode/decode ADPCM in real time, but otherwise had no other DSP-like qualities). Monaural Sound Blaster cards were introduced in 1989, and Sound Blaster Pro stereo cards followed in 1992. The 16-bit Sound Blaster AWE32 added Wavetable MIDI, and AWE64 offered 32 and 64 voices. Sound Blaster achieved competitive control of the PC audio market by 1992, the same year that it's

neg: Neeraj Kumar (police officer) promotion, he served in Arunachal Pradesh as the Superintendent of Police (Bomdila). He was summoned to Delhi in 1982 to be a part of the police arrangements for the Asian Games, for which he received several recommendations. Subsequently, during his tenure as Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Traffic, officer, introduced several innovations including PrePaid taxi service at the Airport (operational till date), free eye camps for truck drivers, introduction of micro-processor based traffic signals etc. Subsequently, as DCP/South, he cracked the serial crimes being committed by an erstwhile criminal tribe wherein victims were being bludgeoned to death in their sleep

neg: Tube (BBC Micro) Tube (BBC Micro) In computing, the Tube was the expansion interface and architecture of the BBC Microcomputer System which allowed the BBC Micro to communicate with a second processor, or "coprocessor". Under the Tube architecture, the coprocessor would run the application software for the user, whilst the Micro (acting as a "host") provided all I/O functions, such as screen display, keyboard and storage devices management. A coprocessor unit could be coldplugged into any BBC Micro with a disk interface (whose ROM contained the necessary host software) and used immediately. The 40-pin IDC "Tube" connector was a simple slave connection to

neg: Tektronix analog oscilloscopes with the introduction of the 2465 and little brother, the 2445. Both models had 4 channels, but the 2465 bandwidth was 300 MHz, with triggering to match. Completely micro-processor driven and firmware controlled, these were a new breed, similar in appearance but not otherwise related to the 2200 scopes. By 1989, the 2465B had 400 MHz bandwidth with triggering beyond 500 MHz. The peak of the 2000-series seems to be in 1984, when there were no less than 21 models introduced for a total of 33 models offered. The 2430, the 2432A, the 2465B and the 2467B lasted until 1996.

neg: Indiglo chronographs. Casio introduced their version of electroluminescent backlight technology, Illuminator, in 1995. Indiglo backlights typically emit a distinct greenish-blue color and evenly light the entire display or dial. Certain Indiglo models, e.g., Timex Datalink USB, use a negative liquid-crystal display so that only the digits are illuminated, rather than the entire display. Hunter Fann company has also incorporated Indiglo technology in lighting the displays on many of its thermostats. From 2006-2011, the Timex Group marketed a line of high-end quartz watches under the TX Watch Company brand, using a proprietary six-hand, four-motor, micro-processor controlled movement. To separate the brand from

neg: Athlon MP CPU running at 2.13 GHz. The fastest supercomputers based on AthlonMP: Athlon Athlon is the brand name applied to a series of x86-compatible microprocessors designed and manufactured by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). The original Athlon (now called "Athlon Classic") was the first seventh-generation x86 processor and was the first desktop processor to reach speeds of one gigahertz (GHz). It made its debut on June 23, 1999. AMD has continued using the "Athlon" name with the 64-bit Athlon 64 architecture, the Athlon II, and Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) chips targeting the Socket AM1 desktop SoC architecture, and Socket AM4 Zen

neg: Athlon Athlon Athlon is the brand name applied to a series of x86-compatible microprocessors designed and manufactured by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). The original Athlon (now called "Athlon Classic") was the first seventh-generation x86 processor and was the first desktop processor to reach speeds of one gigahertz (GHz). It made its debut on June 23, 1999. AMD has continued using the "Athlon" name with the 64-bit Athlon 64 architecture, the Athlon II, and Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) chips targeting the Socket AM1 desktop SoC architecture, and Socket AM4 Zen microarchitecture. Athlon comes from the Ancient Greek ("athlon") meaning "(sport) contest", or

neg: RM Education partially to avoid the cost of local storage devices such as hard disks, but also to protect system files, as the client Operating Systems MS-DOS and Windows did not offer access control at the file system level until Windows XP introduced support for NTFS. From the AX model onwards RM computers were PC compatible. The 'X Series' was supplemented by the VX, using the new, 32-bit 80386 processor, marketed as a standalone CAD workstation or network fileserver. RM released M Series computers, primarily used as diskless network clients, using the 80286 and later 80386 processors. These used the Micro Channel

neg: Cellular neural network interfaces, analog memory, switching logic, and software. The processor was developed in order to determine CNN processor producibility and utility. The CNN concept proved promising and by 2000, there were at least six organizations designing algorithmically programmable, analog CNN processors. This is when AnaFocus, a mixed-signal semiconductor company that emerged from research at The University of Seville, introduced their ACE prototype CNN processor product line. Their first ACE processor contained 20x20 B/W processor units; their next ACE processor provided 48x48 grayscale processor units, and their latest ACE processor contains 128x128 grayscale processor units. Over time, not only did the number

neg: Acorn Electron solutions with additional hardware were provided. The first used the same graphics processor as the BBC Micro in mode 7 — the SAA5050 — but used software to ensure that it was fed with the correct graphics data. A software ROM would put the machine into an ordinary 40-byte-pitch display. While the ULA would read the display from memory in the usual fashion, the SAA5050 would listen to the data it was reading and produce a mode 7 interpretation of the same information. When necessary the hardware would switch between the graphics output being produced by the micro and that

neg: Acornsoft Acornsoft Acornsoft was the software arm of Acorn Computers, and a major publisher of software for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron. As well as games, it also produced a large number of educational titles, extra computer languages and business and utility packages – these included word processor "VIEW" and the spreadsheet "ViewSheet" supplied on ROM and cartridge for the BBC Micro/Acorn Electron and included as standard in the BBC Master and Acorn Business Computer. Acornsoft was formed in late 1980 by Acorn Computers directors Hermann Hauser and Chris Curry, and David Johnson-Davies, author of the first game for a

neg: Juston Seyfert his father Peter (who operates a junkyard to which their house is adjacent). Their mother Jen walked out years ago. Being poor, Juston must find his own fun, and spends the days playing in the salvage yard or constructing robots from spare parts. One day, he finds a micro-processor which he then places into a Battle-Bot that he and his friends use. During the battle however, the robot disappears into the junkyard. Unbeknownst to Juston, the processor was actually the remains of a giant robot programmed to exterminate mutants: a Sentinel (namely the MK VI model). During this time, Juston

neg: Venus Engine is a quad-core processor first introduced in Panasonic's fifth-generation m43 MILC, the GH4, and later used in the FZ1000, LX100 and DMC-G7. In the GH4 the IX processor allows 4K video, 12 fps continuous shooting and 1080p shooting at bitrates as high as 200Mbit/s. First adopted by GH4 of Lumix G series. On May 18 Panasonic introduced the G7, which shoots 4K Ultra HD (3840*2160, 24/25/30p) and uses the Venus IX ISP. Venus Engine The Venus processing engine for digital cameras is an image processor developed by Panasonic, and almost all of their Lumix cameras use a version of it.

neg: Nord-100 grinning woman with hair in her clenched fist. Nord-100 The Nord-100 was a 16-bit minicomputer series made by Norsk Data, introduced in 1979. It shipped with the Sintran III operating system, and the architecture was based on, and backwards compatible with, the Nord-10 line. The Nord-100 was originally named the Nord-10/M ("M" for "Micro") as a bitsliced OEM processor. The board was laid out and finished and tested when they realized that the CPU was far faster than the Nord-10/S. The result was that all the marketing material for the new NORD-10/M was discarded, the board was rechristened the Nord-100,

neg: Nord-100 Nord-100 The Nord-100 was a 16-bit minicomputer series made by Norsk Data, introduced in 1979. It shipped with the Sintran III operating system, and the architecture was based on, and backwards compatible with, the Nord-10 line. The Nord-100 was originally named the Nord-10/M ("M" for "Micro") as a bitsliced OEM processor. The board was laid out and finished and tested when they realized that the CPU was far faster than the Nord-10/S. The result was that all the marketing material for the new NORD-10/M was discarded, the board was rechristened the Nord-100, and extensively advertised as the successor of the

neg: Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems BASIC to customers who purchased additional memory and I/O boards from MITS was $75. Users may have gone along with that if the memory board were reliable. Customers bought the computer from MITS, and working memory from companies like Processor Technology. Rather than pay $500 for BASIC, they would acquire bootleg copies of the software. Only about ten percent of the early customers actually purchased BASIC. With a royalty due of $30 per copy, Gates felt that the computer hobbyist were stealing money from him. In February 1976 Bill Gates, "General Partner, Micro-Soft", wrote an "Open Letter to Hobbyists" that

neg: BBC Micro expansion unit MHz. It runs the non-graphical Panos operating system. Various programming languages are available including C, FORTRAN, Lisp, and Pascal, in addition to a version of BBC BASIC. The processor comes with 1 MB of RAM as standard. The processor is also inside the "Acorn Cambridge Workstation" this time using 10 MHz parts and 4 MB of RAM, sold as part of the Acorn Business Computer line. The Universal Second Processor Unit was an adapter for BBC Master internal co-processor boards, to allow them to be used as external co-processors. It comprised a power supply, interface logic and a connector that

neg: Socket G3 Memory Extender designed to be daisy-chained. The G3MX has an asymmetrical link to the processor, to match typical memory usage patterns. 20 differential signals supply read data to the processor, and 13 differential signals receive commands and write data. This totals 66 pins, less than half of what is required for a DDR2 or DDR3 interface. Thus, a processor can easily have 4 G3MX memory interfaces, each with 4 buffered DIMMs attached, allowing up to 16 DIMMs to feed one processor. Socket G3 Memory Extender The Socket G3 Memory Extender or in short G3MX was a planned Advanced Micro Devices' solution to

neg: Günther Johannes Paetsch nerve potentials and intercellular potentials of cardiac cells for physiological research, pacemakers for heart stimulators, cardiac defibrillators and micro electrode pullers for making both glass micro-electrodes with points from 1 to 3 microns and micro-glass tips for embryo-logical research. Paetsch had seven children in eleven years (1960-1971). His first child, Phebe Verena Paetsch, was born in 1960 in Denver, Colorado. Michaela Modjeska Paetsch was born in 1961 in Colorado Springs, as were Brigitte McClure Paetsch in 1963, Johann Sebastian Paetsch in 1964, Christian Friedeman Paetsch in 1966, Engelbert Raphael Paetsch in 1968, and Siegmund Amedeus Paetsch in 1971. Not only

neg: Energy Micro Energy Micro Energy Micro AS was a Norwegian fabless semiconductor company specializing in 32-bit RISC ARM chips now owned by Silicon Labs. The company focuses on ultra low energy consumption MCUs, SoC radios and RF Transceiver. Its EFM32 microcontroller families are based on the ARM Cortex-M0 or M3 processor core with a feature set for low power operation. Energy Micro was founded in 2007. The team consists of semiconductor experienced personnel where the President and CEO Geir Førre previously founded Chipcon, now a subsidiary of Texas Instruments. Co-founder and CTO Øyvind Janbu has experience from Chipcon, Texas Instruments, and Tandberg.

neg: PowerPC issues began plaguing the AIM alliance in much the same way they did Motorola, which consistently pushed back deployments of new processors for Apple and other vendors: first from Motorola in the 1990s with the PowerPC 7xx and 74xx processors, and IBM with the 64-bit PowerPC 970 processor in 2003. In 2004, Motorola exited the chip manufacturing business by spinning off its semiconductor business as an independent company called Freescale Semiconductor. Around the same time, IBM exited the 32-bit embedded processor market by selling its line of PowerPC products to Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (AMCC) and focusing on 64-bit chip

neg: Fire HD a gyroscope, and the Micro SD card limit was expanded to 256GB. A better graphics chip, compared to 2015 models, is in the 2017 Fire tablets. The Fire tablets feature multi-touch touchscreen LCD screens. The first generation 7" model contains a Texas Instruments OMAP 4460 processor, while the 8.9" model uses an OMAP 4470 processor. All three models feature Dolby audio and stereo speakers. The 7" model's speakers are dual-driver, while the 8.9" model's are single-driver. The device has two Wi-Fi antennas on the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands which utilize MIMO to improve reception. The Fire HD also

neg: Advanced Micro Devices APU built for laptops. Llano was the second APU released, targeted at the mainstream market. Incorporating a CPU and GPU on the same die, as well as northbridge functions, and using "Socket FM1" with DDR3 memory. The CPU part of the processor was based on the Phenom II "Deneb" processor. AMD suffered an unexpected decrease in revenue based on production problems for the Llano. Bulldozer was AMD's microarchitecture codename for server and desktop AMD FX processors first released on October 12, 2011. This family 15h microarchitecture is the successor to the family 10h (K10) microarchitecture design. Bulldozer was a clean-sheet