Mr Wladawsky-Berger's hospital would similarly crunch patient-data using the internet, or grid, as if it were a single, giant virtual microprocessor, but for a more earth-bound purpose.
The PS3--also known as "The Cell" for featuring a high speed microprocessor that is said to run rings around Intel's (nasdaq: INTC - news - people ) Pentium 4 chip--also has the upcoming Ninetendo Revolution to contend with.
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This program is then fed into a second piece of software called a compiler, which translates it into a sequence of machine instructions for a specific kind of microprocessor, such as Intel's x86 family, which can then run the original program.
Accounting for a substantial majority, Intel has been winning in the PC microprocessor market for the last two decades.
The company launched other new chips, including a dual-core microprocessor for PCs, and declared itself the technological leader over Intel.
Intel announced a new version of its low-end Atom microprocessor, but aimed at the market for tablet computers, as well as for a new generation of netbook computers that are even lighter than the ones being sold today.
For its part, Honeywell has been approved to provide the Soviet ministry the technical data supporting its TDC 3000 system, a microprocessor-based digital electronic system for industrial process controls.
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In the early 1990s he saw a PBS program on the microprocessor and Intel and hit upon another notion: Why not design a microchip for drug release?
After a string of gains for AMD, Intel took 80.2% of the worldwide microprocessor market in the first quarter of this year, up 4.5% from 75.7% during the prior quarter, according to market researcher iSuppli.
For years, it has maintained links with Advanced Micro Devices as a foil against the dominance of Intel in microprocessor supply.
In a way, the PC was unique where, as I said, because of its architecture and because the microprocessor was such a dominant part of the whole architecture, it was actually quite easy for Intel to dominate.
Along with a microprocessor that serves as a PC's core calculating engine, Spider includes graphics technology for serving up the advanced graphics beloved by gamers and a chipset that ties those elements together and connects them to other resources such as the main memory.
Chicory stands a good chance of invading the low end of the market for wireless devices, says Max Baron, editor of Microprocessor Report.
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