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Invalidated site: International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts - A Study of Microprocessors Uses and Its Software Applications. Nov 05, 2026
Add new Web site: IOPscience - IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering - The internal structure of microprocessors for industrial control and data processing systems (PDF). Sep 25, 2026
Add new Web site: Nature Communications - A microprocessor based on a two-dimensional semiconductor. Apr 10, 2026
Add new Web site: Open Washington Pressbooks - Introduction to Microcontrollers - Fundamentals of Microprocessors and Microcontrollers. Jan 10, 2026
Add new Web site: Pennsylvania State University - CiteSeerX - Microprocessor: A Technology for Future (PDF). Apr 09, 2025
Add new Web site: Clark Science Center at Smith College - Overview of Microprocessors (PDF). Jan 30, 2025
Add new Web site: International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts - A Study of Microprocessors Uses and Its Software Applications. Sep 27, 2024
Add new Web site: San Jos? State University - The Birth, Evolution and Future of Microprocessor. Aug 16, 2024
Add new Web site: IBM - What is a microprocessor? Jul 04, 2024
Add new Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - Proceedings A - Microprocessors: the engines of the digital age (PDF). Apr 25, 2024
Add new Web site: Bangladesh Open University - Open Repository - Microcomputers and Microprocessors. Mar 19, 2024
Add new Web site: IEEE Spectrum - The Surprising Story of the First Microprocessors. Mar 08, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Microprocessor. Dec 22, 2023
Add new Web site: The Royal Society - Microprocessors: the engines of the digital age. Oct 13, 2023
Add new Web site: Workforce LibreTexts - Microprocessor. Sep 14, 2022
Add new Web site: Engineering and Technology History Wiki - Early Microprocessors. Nov 14, 2019
Add new Web site: History-Computer - Microprocessor Explained - Everything You Need To Know. Oct 21, 2019
Add new Web site: Computer History Museum - Microprocessor. Oct 21, 2019
Added material about the history of microprocessors. Jan 26, 2018
Add new Web site: History of Computers - Microprocessor. Jun 25, 2015
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - History of Microprocessor. Nov 24, 2014
Media added. Jul 15, 2009
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Computer - How Microprocessors Work. Jun 06, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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