Rodney Brooks

Computers sort of came around through games and toys. And you know, the first computer most people had in the house may have been a computer to play 'Pong,' a little microprocessor embedded, and then other games that came after that.

Australian Scientist

Vaclav Smil

A brilliant mind having a eureka moment could not create an Intel microprocessor containing a billion transistors any more than one person could dream up a Boeing 787 from scratch.

Czechoslovakian Scientist

W. Daniel Hillis

If transportation technology was moving along as fast as microprocessor technology, then the day after tomorrow I would be able to get in a taxi cab and be in Tokyo in 30 seconds.

American Inventor

Shiv Nadar

Even before the world had any cognizance of India as an economy, HCL had made a mark with its microprocessor in the '80s. HCL pioneered modern computing.

Indian Businessman

Andy Grove

I was running an assembly line designed to build memory chips. I saw the microprocessor as a bloody nuisance.

Hungarian Businessman

Bill Gates

American Businessman

The microprocessor performs calculations and tasks to run programs and systems.

Core Function

Microprocessors have evolved, becoming faster and more powerful over time.

Technological Evolution

The term is common in tech-related fields, like computer engineering and electronics.

Industry-specific Usage

 Now, in our world, the macro world, this thing looks like it might be a new microprocessor or something. But if you take that chip and you put it under a microscope, what you're going to see are thousands and thousands of tiny robots. Now, these robots are still stuck down. They're still attached to the surface that we built them on.

Tiny robots with giant...

 probably aren't going to turn. We can also do intelligent security systems. Anytime we're basically using our brain but not doing a lot of mechanics -- those are the things that will happen first. But ultimately, the world's the limit. I don't know how this will turn out. I know a lot of people who invented the microprocessor.

Jeff Hawkins: How brain...

 which induces a weak electric current that travels through your finger and eventually back into the phone. This changes the amount of charge at the affected nodes. And voltage measurements along the second layer of lines tell the phone’s microprocessor which part of the screen is being touched.

Why a sausage can do...

 These petals cost about a dollar each -- they're lightweight, injection-molded plastic, aluminized. The mechanism to control each petal is below there, with a microprocessor on each one. There are thermocouples on the engine -- little sensors that detect the heat when the sunlight strikes them.

Bill Gross: Great ideas...

 some other technology, say transportation technology, on a semi-log curve, it would look very stupid, it would look like a flat line. But when something like this happens, things are qualitatively changing. So if transportation technology was moving along as fast as microprocessor technology,

Danny Hillis: Back to...

 The microprocessor is a miracle. The personal computer is a miracle. The Internet and its services are a miracle. So the people here have participated in the creation of many miracles. Usually, we don't have a deadline where you have to get the miracle by a certain date.

Innovating to zero! PIPE...

 is a bamboo staff to get around. And how big a problem is this? There's over three million amputees every year who need a new or replacement knee. And what are their options? This is a high-end. This is what we'd call a "smart knee." It's got a microprocessor inside.

Krista Donaldson: The...

 are based on AMD technology; it's a microprocessor. But to give you an idea how creative this group of people can be, one of the objectives of the One Laptop per Child is to be able to achieve a 10-hour battery life. Because it was felt that a school day

Hector Ruiz: The power...

 Reports were issued, so that this machine was cloned at 15 other places around the world. And it really was. It was the original microprocessor. All the computers now are copies of that machine. The memory was in cathode ray tubes --

George Dyson: The birth...

 well thank you so according to the American microprocessor Association this year we will produce more transistors the individual components that go into today's electronics then individual