Microprocessor and its significance

Microprocessors are devices which accept digital information as input and process it according to the instructions stored on its memory and produce the output. It is an example of sequential digital logic system.

Microprocessors operate on numbers and symbols represented in the binary numeral system. The latest CPUs like intels i3, i5 and i7 are also microprocessors.

The first cpu was developed by Intel and was called Intel 4004. Microprocessors are generally used in personal computers, mobile phones and other devices like autonomous robotics. They are now used almost in every electronic device where processing is necessary like media players, mp3 players, optical disk players, network devices and many others.

Some of the first units are 8-bit designs. Then 12-bit microprocessors were developed. 16-bit and 32-bit were developed which were quite popular due to their computing ability. The latest version however is a 64-bit which is used in high speed computers.