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coprocessors

  • plural
    of coprocessor.
    coprocessor
    noun
    a supplementary processor that improves the speed and efficiency of the main processor by performing such specialized or complex tasks as arithmetic calculations, graphics, and cryptography.

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Apple marketing chief Greg Joswiak said the Pro’s always-on display is made possible “by a number of new technologies that make the display incredibly power efficient,” including multiple coprocessors within its chipset.

From The Verge Sep. 9, 2022

It should also help it realize some of its bigger smartphone hardware ambitions, which include things like making its own SoCs and building machine learning coprocessors.

From New York Times Sep. 21, 2017

NXP, which declined to comment, already supplies sensor coprocessors for the iPhone.

From Reuters Sep. 10, 2014

Many computer designers see them as coprocessors, meaning they can work in tandem with other circuits that can be embedded in smartphones and in the giant centralized computers that make up the cloud.

From New York Times Dec. 28, 2013

Exotic features like high resolution, phosphorous monitors and floating-point coprocessors are less important than getting a good position on a dealer's shelf or mounting an effective national advertising campaign.

From Time Magazine Archive

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