A coprocessor is a computer processor used to supplement the functions of the primary processor (the CPU). Operations performed by the coprocessor may...
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The Apple M-series coprocessors are motion coprocessors used by Apple Inc. in their mobile devices. First released in 2013, their function is to collect...
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Nintendo 64 (redirect from Reality Coprocessor)
first used in Project Reality: the MIPS R4300i CPU, the MIPS Reality Coprocessor, and the embedded software. Some chip technology and manufacturing was...
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Xeon Phi (redirect from Intel Xeon Phi coprocessor)
supercomputer (as of June 2023[update], it is No. 10). It used Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors and Ivy Bridge-EP Xeon E5 v2 processors to achieve 33.86 petaFLOPS. The...
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Intel 8087 (category Coprocessors)
The Intel 8087, announced in 1980, was the first floating-point coprocessor for the 8086 line of microprocessors. The purpose of the chip was to speed...
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Graphics processing unit (redirect from Graphics coprocessor)
surpassed expensive general-purpose graphics coprocessors in Windows performance, and such coprocessors faded from the PC market. Throughout the 1990s...
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1987, 2087 Atomic number 87, francium Intel 8087, a floating-point coprocessor 87; Common gasoline rating 87 Sylvia, a large asteroid Tatra 87, a luxury...
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X87 (category Coprocessors)
extension of the 8086 instruction set in the form of optional floating-point coprocessors that work in tandem with corresponding x86 CPUs. These microchips have...
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return to. Load/store data to and from a coprocessor or exchanging with CPU registers. Perform coprocessor operations. Processors may include "complex"...
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Floating-point unit (redirect from Math coprocessor)
A floating-point unit (FPU, colloquially a math coprocessor) is a part of a computer system specially designed to carry out operations on floating-point...
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