μP

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μP (plural μPs)

  1. (computing) Abbreviation of microprocessor.
    • 2007, Uwe Meyer-Baese, “Microprocessor Design”, in Digital Signal Processing with Field Programmable Gate Arrays, 3rd edition, Berlin: Springer Science+Business Media, →ISBN, page 537:
      When you think of current microprocessors (μPs), the Intel Itanium processor with 592 million transistors may come to mind. [] Clearly today's FPGAs will not be able to implement such a top-of-the-range μP with a single FPGA.
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