What is a Microprocessor ?

What is a Microprocessor ?

A microprocessor is an integrated circuit (IC) which incorporates core functions of a computer's central processing unit (CPU). It is a programmable multipurpose silicon chip, clock driven, register based, accepts binary data as input and provides output after processing it as per the instructions stored in the memory.

Block Diagram of a Computer

Block Diagram of a Computer

Why we need a Microprocessor ?

Thank you "B B DWIVEDI" for asking this question in the comment. So I thought...

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