μP

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mp"

English

Noun

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.

Related terms

• μC