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Microprocessor vs Quadcore - What's the difference?

microprocessor | quadcore |

As a noun microprocessor

is (computer hardware) the entire cpu of a computer on a single integrated circuit (chip).

As an adjective quadcore is

(computing|of a microprocessor) composed of four cores.

microprocessor

English

(wikipedia microprocessor)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (computer hardware) the entire CPU of a computer on a single integrated circuit (chip).
  • * 1992 , Michael A. Miller, The 68000 Microprocessor Family: Architecture, Programming, and Applications (page 47)
    • When the microprocessor decodes the JSR opcode, it stores the operand into the TEMP register and pushes the current contents of the PC ($00 0128) onto the stack.

    See also

    * integrated circuit * microchip

    quadcore

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (computing, of a microprocessor) Composed of four cores.
  • * 2010 , George A. Tsihrintzis, Intelligent Interactive Multimedia Systems and Services (page 18)
    • The system runs on the PC with Fedora Linux operating system, 2.5 GHz quadcore processor and 4 GB of memory and is able to process 10 video frames per second in real time...