What microprocessor is made of
A computer’s central processor on a single chip; the first commercial one was the Intel 4004.
- Logic gate — has part. A processor is billions of gates.
- Flip-flop — has part. Registers are flip-flops.
- Cache memory — has part. Cache.
- CMOS — uses. Processors are CMOS.
- Moore’s law — uses. The number of transistors grows according to Moore’s law.
- Binary number system — uses. It works with binary numbers.
- EUV lithography — uses. Leading-edge processors.
- Silicon — is made of. The die is silicon.
- Copper — is made of. The interconnects are copper.