Proccessor vs Microprocessor

[life24]

Hi,
What is difference between these?
For example Core i7 is Microprocessor with four processor.

 

[witeken]

From Wikipedia:

A microprocessor incorporates the functions of a computer's central processing unit (CPU) on a single integrated circuit (IC),[1] or at most a few integrated circuits.[2] All modern CPUs are microprocessors making the micro- prefix redundant.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microprocessor

The microprocessor is one step in the long trend of integration.

 

[jhu]

I want a macroprocessor. Where do I get one of those?

 

[NTMBK]

I want a macroprocessor. Where do I get one of those?

 

[Rakehellion]

It's the 21st century, so "nano" is the trending prefix now. "Micro" is so 1980's.

 

[Pilum]

I want a macroprocessor. Where do I get one of those?

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Build-an-8-Bit-Computer/

 

[BonzaiDuck]

It's the 21st century, so "nano" is the trending prefix now. "Micro" is so 1980's.

I should've lived a more balanced life in the '80s.

Now look at what I've become . . . . a forum member . . . .

 

[ArisVer]

It's the 21st century, so "nano" is the trending prefix now. "Micro" is so 1980's.

That reminds me of the "BBC Micro". With a DOS 2 or something. Around 1985.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

That reminds me of the "BBC Micro". With a DOS 2 or something. Around 1985.

I remember visiting a Radio Shack in 1979, where I saw one of their "micro-computer" offerings. It seemed like you had to buy the whole desk. I remember chuckling: 'Why would I ever need something like that?"

I became deeply immersed in the emerging technology barely 2+ years later. They still called them "microcomputers."

And -- yeah. "PC-DOS." "MS-DOS."