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Processor (computing)

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In computing, a processor is an electronic circuit which performs operations on some external data source, usually memory or some other data stream. The term is frequently used to refer to the Central processing unit in a system, but typical computer systems (especially SoCs) combine a number of specialised "processors".

Examples

  • CPU – Central processing unit
  • GPU – Graphics processing unit
  • DSP – Digital signal processor
  • FPGA – Field-programmable gate array
  • VPU – Video processing unit
  • VPU – Vision processing unit
  • TPU – Tensor processing unit
  • NPU – Neural Processing Unit
  • SPU or SPE – Synergistic processing element in the Cell microprocessor
  • PPU – Physics processing unit

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