CPU
Americanabbreviation
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Etymology
Origin of CPU
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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The terms call for Anthropic to pay $11.6 billion over 7 years to use CPU capabilities from Akamai Cloud’s distributed AI infrastructure and software.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
Nvidia earnings are Wednesday but rival Advanced Micro Devices is the chip maker that could capitalize on booming CPU demand.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Leopold noted that Arm mostly benefits from rising demand through its business selling royalties and licensing for its chip designs — though its first-ever in-house CPU optimized to support AI workloads could offer an advantage.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
The analysts now expect TSMC’s CPU revenue to hit the high $30 billion range in 2027, making up a midteen percentage of its total revenue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
“I emailed. Sent a picture of CPU and Boo. I wanted to visit, but until I got approved, they wouldn’t tell me where you were.”
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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